Little Timmy watch: Day 5

Yes, today is day 5, the day of reckoning. I want to thank you all for your generous support, but unfortunately we have come up about $44 million short on the bill, give or take a million. I don’t know how Jerry Lewis does it. Anyway, in anticipation of this shortfall, we smuggled Little Timmy out of the hospital last night.

Our disguises worked perfectly.

Now we are on the run, as they say, but thankfully our escape vehicle blends right in.

So, with Little Timmy at least stabilized and in good spirits,

we can resume our lives. Thank you again.

For less than $5, you can help us resume our lives.

Buy a copy of “Fall Lake.” The link is over there on the right. We all thank you. 

Little Timmy watch: Day 4

Thankfully, Little Timmy’s condition improved last night. In fact, Dr. Mengele said our boy has had made so much progress that he could be moved to a new section of the hospital were he would be more comfortable.

This is his new roommate Denise.

Meanwhile, the family is settling into our new accommodations. Our neighbors in the alley have been very helpful. This is Captain Craptastic.

His vocal chords were damaged in a knife fight so he writes everything on a notepad. Great sense of humor. Just a little while ago, a nice young man asked our teenage daughter Margo out on a date.

But my thoughts are always on Little Timmy. Soon we will be presented with a bill.

For less than $5, you can help us pay Little Timmy’s hospital bill. 

Buy a copy of “Fall Lake.” The link is over there on the right. Little Timmy thanks you.

Little Timmy watch: Day 3

Little Timmy’s situation has taken a turn for the worse. Dr. Mengele’s experimental treatments have resulted in some unpleasant side effects.

Poor child may have to reconsider his dream of being a concert pianist. Another hope dashed. At least he has a roommate to help keep his spirits up.

On the brighter side, psych ward patients dressed in costumes visited the children’s floor and brightened up an otherwise gloomy day.

After twenty minutes of clownish antics, which included setting the nurse’s station on fire, the goofy troop was escorted back to their ward by a local SWAT unit. At least they were able to put a smile on Little Timmy’s face.

Won’t you help me brighten Little Timmy’s day?

For less than $5, you can give Little Timmy the hope he needs.

Buy a copy of “Fall Lake.” The link is over there on the right. Little Timmy thanks you.

Little Timmy watch: Day 2

My brave little man keeps smiling in the face of adversity.

I spoke with Little Timmy’s doctor a few minutes ago, Dr. Mengele, and he is not happy with our boy’s progress. He is recommending a radical new treatment

that has, up to this point, only been tested on sea urchins. We’ll do anything for our Little Timmy, so we agreed, even though the regimen costs $3,000 a session. Apparently the cone hat is made with meteorite dust and eagle droppings.

Unfortunately, hospital security evicted us from the emergency room waiting area and we were forced to find new accommodations.

We are trying to make the best of a bad situation, but the bills keep mounting. Our daughter Gina ran away with a band of gypsies, but they brought her back and demanded money for housing and feeding her for a week. Of course, we have no money. Thankfully, they were satisfied with a pair of flip flops and a broken umbrella.

Please, don’t force me to sell my children to gypsies.

For less than $5 you can help pay for Little Timmy’s medical treatments,

Buy a copy of “Fall Lake.” The link is over there on the right. Little Timmy thanks you.

Little Timmy watch: Day 1

I regret to report that Little Timmy’s Xerostomia flared up last night and we had to take him to the hospital for treatment. As you can see in the photo above, he’s putting on a brave face, but the doctor

told me that his chances for a full recovery are 50/50 at best.

Since we were also evicted from our apartment yesterday, our family is living in the hospital waiting room, washing our clothes in bathroom sinks, eating when we find change under seat cushions. Seth, our third oldest son

is the only family member with a steady job, but twenty-six cents a day doesn’t go very far.

The hospital administrator 

said Little Timmy’s treatments will cost $40,000 a day. When I told him of our financial situation, he said we have five days to come up with the money or they will pull the plug on Little Timmy.

Please don’t let them pull the plug on Little Timmy.

For less than $5, you can help pay for Little Timmy’s medical treatment.

Buy a copy of “Fall Lake” today. The link is over to your right. Little Timmy thanks you.

Buy my book. Do it for Little Timmy

Well, it’s come to this.

As my family (all twelve of us) huddled around the single bulb dangling from the ceiling of our dank, windowless basement apartment (we’ll have electricity for a few more days), Little Timmy looked up at me, his dirty face stained by tears of hunger and hopelessness, and he asked me,

            “Daddy, will we eat today?”

I blinked, holding back my own tears, trying to come up with reassuring words for my little barefoot boy who’d only consumed an Altoids and a cricket in the past two days.

            “Someone will surely buy one of my books today, Timmy.”

            His big brown eyes widened. “But what if they don’t?”

            All I could do was wrap my arms around his bony little body and squeeze.

            “They won’t let us perish. I promise you.”

I made a promise to Little Timmy. Please, won’t you help me keep it?

For less than $5, you can help Little Timmy have his first decent meal in weeks (did I mention he suffers from Xerostomia?).

Buy a copy of “Fall Lake” today. The link is over to your right. Little Timmy thanks you.

My first novel "FALL LAKE"

So I've self-published my first novel "Fall Lake" as an ebook. Here's a brief synopsis of the book:

Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes. One of them is evil.

When emotionally scarred Gabriella Romano returns to her childhood home on Fall Lake, Minnesota with her daughter, she soon discovers that the tragedy and horror surrounding the lake’s history, and her own dark secrets, are converging to pull her and everyone she loves into a living nightmare.

Gabriella’s return to Fall Lake stirs up dark memories of a tragic past related to the death of her disturbed and menacing sister Bethany some twenty years earlier. Through flashbacks, we learn that death and sorrow have long been linked to Fall Lake, and that the evil remnants of historic events are inextricably woven through the lives of Gabriella and her family and friends. A childhood friend dies in a fall from his apartment window. Another friend is haunted by visions of the nefarious Bethany. Gabriella also grows concerned about changes in her daughter Selena and her daughter’s enigmatic new playmate, Sarah. When someone close to her is killed by a runaway semi, Gabriella is forced to acknowledge that her sister’s spirit has returned to seek vengeance for a death in which Gabriella was involved. Estranged husband Alex, fearing for the safety of his daughter and his wife, drives north to seek reconciliation, but he too, is caught up in the evil environment that surrounds the lake. On a bleak, frigid winter’s day in Northern Minnesota, Gabriella fights for her life and the life of her daughter and husband as the ghost of Bethany attempts to fulfill her murderous agenda on the ice of Fall Lake.

If you're interested, you can click on the link to your right for purchasing information.