The rich meat smell made his stomach growl and his mouth water. He gagged, dry-heaving convulsions that would have sent the contents of his stomach flying to coat his cell, if he still had any stomach contents. They hadn't given him water for a day, and the slow smoky fire underneath him made him cough and dried out his nostrils. Slow-smoking him ( Read more... )

The giveaway was coming to town! The word went through the town like wildfire. Everybody had seen the giveaway on TV, had crossed their fingers and sent in their votes and hoped and prayed that their little town would be the lucky one chosen for the giveaway. "Look at what they gave that sewing woman!" Mrs. Lydia said, staring in awe at the screen ( Read more... )