Cleve Taylor
Bio
Published author of three books: Ricky Pardue US Marshal, A Collection of Cleve's Short Stories and Poems, and Johnny Duwell and the Silver Coins, all available in paperback and e-books on Amazon. Over 160 Vocal.media stories and poems.
Stories (164/0)
By Death Do You Part
By Death do You Part by Cleve Taylor Garrett lowered his binoculars. He had been watching the house perched on the bank of the Severn River in Maryland for three days, and he had seen enough. Lizbeth, his best friend's daughter, was being hit and slapped around by her husband. It really angered him to see his godchild cower in front of her husband as he screamed at her and punched her.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
Handfishing Catfish
Handfishing Catfish by Cleve Taylor We called it handfishing when I was a kid in Louisiana. Friends far braver than I actually enjoyed handfishing in the bayou. They regularly would dive down into dark waters along the wooded bayou bank, stick their arms into holes dug or used by catfish to lay and watch over their eggs, and have the catfish latch onto their hands in defense. The handfisher would then pull the catfish out of their birthing holes.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
Ferry Crossing
Ferry Crossing by Cleve Taylor Martin could not see the ferry that would take him across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Port Allen. A heavy fog shrouded the ferry as it approached the Baton Rouge landing on its continuous round trip. But he could hear its toot as it announced its arrival. At this hour, 3:15 a.m, there was no automobile traffic and Martin was the only foot passenger awaiting transport across the Mississippi. He was surprised that it was still in service. A cell mate had said the ferry stopped running back in 1968, but Martin did not believe him, and sure ‘nuff, here comes the ferry.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
The Ghost of Edward's Ferry
The Ghost of Edward's Ferry By Cleve Taylor April 12,1865, three days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, the three Confederate Infantrymen assigned to the 43rd Battalion of the Virginia Cavalry to stand Sentry on the western side of Edward's Ferry outside Leesburg, Virginia, had not heard the news of the surrender. The three, each taking eight hours of duty to provide round-the-clock guard, were well aware of the importance of standing watch there, because it was Edward's Ferry where Union armies crossed the Potomac into Virginia to fight in the Gettysburg Campaign.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
Saving Macaws
Saving Macaws by Cleve Taylor Wade was pleased that he and Judith were able to foil the plot to use an imported scarlet macaw as a bioweapon. He had no sympathy for the perpetrator of the plot to kill "Socialists" around Washington, but who had the tables turned on him and died of the virus he intended to unleash on Washington.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
The Sapient
The Sapient by Cleve Taylor He lived in the deep, in the dark, at the bottom of foggy Little Crater Lake. Thousands of years before, he had lived in space, and it was totally by chance that he had attached himself to a small meteor that got caught in the gravitational pull of earth and crashed near what is now called Lintburg, Virginia, and created what locals called Little Crater Lake.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
Camping on the Lake
Camping on the Lake by Cleve Taylor Jill slapped her neck smashing the blood gorged mosquito feasting there. She remembered her cousin showing her how by balling his fist he could cause a sudden spurt of blood into a feeding mosquito on his forearm and make it explode. As far as she could tell, her mosquito spray attracted the small voracious insects instead of repelling them like it was supposed to.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
Cleve's Halloween Playlist
Cleve’s Halloween Playlist By Cleve Taylor Wow. What a trip. I just listened to my playlist on YouTube, and I want to go to my party just to listen to my music again. It will be good to see you there, too. But the music is F I N E, and is a good listen anytime of the year. If you miss hearing it this Halloween, give it a go on Thanksgiving or Christmas.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Beat
Chairperson
Chairperson by Cleve School is as much about providing a place of safety to test skills and opinions as it is a place to book learn. It is difficult to zero in on eureka moments of most of the classes attended in high school and college, but there are two such moments that loom large in my high school days which gave impetus to the direction of the rest of my life.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Education
In The Shoes of Sam
In the Shoes of Sam by Cleve Taylor Summer disappeared like it fell off a cliff. One day it was hot in the nineties, and the next day the trees shrugged their shoulders and dropped their leaves to the ground. The fig tree he had babied for three years stopped growth in midstride and the figs that he had been watching mature started shriveling. And he finally admitted that he was bored.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction