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What kind of person would publish his father's autopsy results? I would. I am Will Bevis, the author of sometimes controversial short stories and articles such as Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus, Who Won the War, Young Turk: A Dog Story That Will Make You Cry, and now, An Autopsy Letter: It Is What It Is. I will explain to you why I did it. You may not agree with me for having done it...but...maybe you will.

WARNING: This short story is for adults only. It contains hard language and hard situations. Meet Candy: She's fallen for some wrong men in the past... And she's become a little more self-destructive each time. Now meet Jay. Her new love. The one who is going to take her all the way to the bottom.

There are some old Geezers you just don't mess with. Meet one of them: Paul. Then - for your own safety - try to get away from him as fast as you can.

Never get a haircut from a woman who Has Just Got a Divorce. It's a real bad idea. I'm living proof.

The District Manager. You've met someone like him before. The question is, wouldn't the world be a better place... Without them?

How much do MOST indie writers really make? Not much, that's for sure. But not many will tell you that.... But I will. Listen and see what life is really like for one indie writer. And what makes it all worthwhile. You.

It's New Years Eve. Everybody's celebrating...Unless you happen to be elderly.Then, it may not be a party for you.It may be the emergency room.New Years Eve at Eighty-two.What it was like for a dear friend of ours.What it may be like for you or someone you love someday.

Just when you think things can't get worse. They do. Then what do you do? There are some things, you just cannot ignore. Or can you?

Spend an evening with famous southern writer Rick Bragg, listening to him as I did, then wonder as I did, why there wasn't a black face in the house. Maybe there isn't a reason. Maybe there is. Rick Bragg says that no writer tells the whole truth. I tried to...As I saw it. That didn't go over to well...With a special someone in Rick's life. As you will see.

Isn't your family supposed to love you and take care of you? A Story of one family...who didn't.

In war time, it's dangerous to even want a drink of water. Especially, if you were raised in a butcher shop.And that's what war is: A Butcher Shop.

I wasn't a man, until my father died. That day changed everything in my life. Now I have a daughter… And I am beginning to understand… What I put my parents through… In terms of worrying alone. Sometimes… I just want to play dead.

Meet Danny Boy Brothers - a wild haired, hard driving Southern man that's got one goal in life: To write a Number one Country Hit... and buy me the writer... a Cadillac.

About this collection: This is the a collection of seven of the author's best short stories, including "The Killing of Train-Man Brown","Send Me a Friend","Then Her Wig Fell Off","Let the Dog Drive","Selma at 4 A.M.","Young Turk", and "Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus".

This short piece was written at a time when things looked better for the state of Alabama... and all the people therein. Little did anyone know how hard and how dirty and how quickly those who did not want to see the state change would strike back against that change... and the person who led it.

Who on earth would pay one hundred dollars for a single brick…and a broken one at that? I, the author, did. And I don't regret it at all. Why not? Because that brick gives me hope. And maybe it will inspire you, too…that through courage and sacrifice…we can make a better world for all people.

Today I spoke with a dead woman. Or rather, she spoke to me and I listened. To be more specific, today a dead woman spoke to me, through a medium of sorts. Not a psychic. The woman who brought the dead woman to life, was an actress. Not just any actress, but a magnificently talented one. Perhaps I should explain….

Did you ever know someone who was so cool that everyone knew he or she was destined for Fame and Fortune, and Glory? I did. His name was Nick the Lion. But don't worry. Now he's going to get his. He just made the only mistake he ever made. And it is going to do him in.

All older people want to do... is feel alive again. Sometimes, it takes an angel. Welcome to an eighteen year old one. A friend of mine.

In Alabama, there is only one person greater than "The Bear." That's JC himself. And although the legend has now been dead thirty years this year, he still has tremendous power over people - even non-believers. Even when they're not awake. I was one of them. A non-believer. Until he straightened me out in the strangest way.