Charlie's Bells

A Short Story Anthology

Charlie's Bells -- A family with a teenaged son with Down-Syndrome moves to town. Life is never the same for Jackson Smith. A story with the feel of Hallmark Movie. The Prairie Dogs Get Coal Miner's Helmets With Lights -- The residents of Wheeler County Texas have new neighbors. They are prairie dogs who just happen to wear coal miners’ helmets with lights. Who are they? What do they want? From where did they come? Why are they here? Join Billy Bob and his daughter Nancy Jo in their adventure with the prairie dogs. Just north of Shamrock in Wheeler County, Texas they learn the answers to these questions and that change and letting go is hard. The Cup -- Imagine what can happen when you buy a ceramic coffee cup at your local coffee shop, and it cries out in pain every time it is filled with a hot beverage. The Paintings -- How can a man survive an entire winter snowbound in a high elevation, mountain cabin? The answer is found in “The Paintings." Miracle at the Gibson Farm: A Christmas Story -- Cancer takes young mother. The bank calls in the note on the family farm. Only a miracle can save the Gibson family farm. But is a miracle possible? An inspirational story from the depression era shows that miracles can happen for some, but not for all. A story with the feel of a Hallmark Movie. Plus two more-- Grits for Breakfast and She Lives on a Busy Street