Welby Thomas Cox

Thad Hamilton was a man whose life was on a treadmill, though he would not accept that he too was one of those mumbodies playing out an existence, leading a life of quiet desperation. Then, it changed, he had an auto accident and crossed over to the other side. Oh, sure… he too had always scorned «the light in the tunnel» as a bunch of bull-shit but there he was on some platform as if waiting for a train. Then a garishly dressed little woman with a monkey on her back and a sign with the name...

The following is a story, historically documented in a journal recording of my great-great-great-great grandmother Bartheny Lanham, born in County Cork, Ireland and came to America to marry a man named Finney Simpson, a self-taught veterinarian, settling in Western New York. Believe it or not, each time I have read the journal of the dear little Irish grannie, I dream of her as though she and I are seated at the kitchen table having a sip of Irish whiskey while she puffs on her tiny corn cob...

It did not matter to Senator Lang Elliott that religious fundamentalist had decided to make his life a daily living hell, but the senator took umbrage when these pious, self-serving folks, took it upon themselves to murder a member of his crew and steal his prized stallion in return for a King’s ransom. The funds he knew to be utilized by this extreme group to develop propaganda to evangelize and offset the liberal media contaminating young minds and Christian soldiers. They would stop at...

Lech Lenahan came from a warring family…though the last of the clan had long since left Ireland; he inherited the family loss of land, its income and a way of life… taken by Cromwell, England’s bloodiest, most cruel soldier, given to others because they were Protestant.<br /><br />His grand-father and father had taught him the value of freedom from the time he was old enough to know…his choice to fight for it in the great Civil War was a natural reaction, waiting to happen.<br...

The Day John Fitzgerald Kennedy Past is a book about the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. The book covers the rush to judgment by President Lyndon Johnson in order to quell a potential storm by the media and others who suspected a government conspiracy. The case against Lee Harvey Oswald seemed to be open and shut but who was the stranger who entered the Texas Book Depository dressed as a police officer? Why was the testimony of several observers of...

Every now and then a little miracle is in order. Some see them, some feel them, some pray for them in every corner of the world, Aldo Selleri prayed for his identity. The Miracle of the Images is about one man, called upon by an Angel of God to paint a miracle to be contained in a portrait of the Holy Family. The portrait has never been seen by the faithful, by order of the Holy See. The painting, completed by the hand of the Blessed Virgin, contains divine images, the first to be revealed in...

He was the smartest lawyer in New York at the mid 20th century. He was the senior partner in the largest law firm. He was well intended and betrothed into a power family. He was destined to fail! She was a simple girl! If girls or women are ever simple? She was very shy and withdrawn. She lived in a small cottage with her quirky but highly intelligent inventor father. Her mother had died at a young age…or so she was informed. What began as an innocent requirement by a law firm for a...

Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor Of Aquitaine (1122-1204) was a major figure in the middle ages and a prominent figure in women’s history. Born the Duchess of Aquitaine, she would eventually become Queen of England and France. The eldest daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine. She inherited her father’s lands in 1137, and married Louis VII of France that same year. The marriage was annulled in 1152. She then married Henry II of England, bearing him eight children including sons Richard (the...

There is and always has been a great deal of speculation in regards to the origin of the human species, homo sapien. There are those who want you to believe that it was God who created the universe and all in it. In this book, I do not seek to make a definitive statement about my beliefs. As a journalist it is my duty to give all sides and let the reader make his or her own determinations. It is a complex, and yes a most controversial subject. This little book provides several flaming...

Back in the 19th century, there was an ugly mood among Caucasian leaders to kill any thing red. It was then that Grant said to Custer, «show no mercy, take the troops assigned to your command and pursue the Indian, its squaws and children to the end of life…wipe them from the face of the earth.» Somewhere a voice whispered a special message to Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and other leaders heard it as well and they gathered thousands, creating a storm to meet the charge of the man with yellow hair...