What’s in a Name?

"Shakespeare asked the question. If you met someone with your name, would you be attracted or flee?"

Fearing the draft, Maxwell Braxton fled Colorado and migrated to Canada during the Vietnam conflict. He stayed there for five years until the war ended, and then moved back to the United States and settled in Seattle, where he married...

Getting Hot in the Fire House

"If our heroes deviate from the norm, should we accept them for what they are?"

The last light of day was fading from the sky as the fire engine backed through the open door into the fire station, its spinning red and yellow lights ricocheting off the surrounding buildings. As blocked traffic began to move...