Brenda H

Is it possible to have an asthma attack--chest tightening and difficulty breathing--without a cough or wheezing. I rarely have a cough (not even in the mornings) and, therefore, there is never any phlegm. I had an EKG, and was told that I'm not having a heart attack, and my chest x-ray was clear. My breathing difficulties are worse at night.

This is how it ends. July 1997. She looked like something out of a 1950’s sci-fi movie, the kind of B-grade drive-in horror that she winced and screamed at from the front seat of her boyfriend’s De Soto, while jumping onto his horny lap...

I used to have two friends who had a girl dog and a boy cat. The dog belonged to Will and the cat belonged to Donna. Whenever Will said, Good girl, the cat would look over the dog and hiss, and whenever Donna said, Good boy, the dog would glance at the cat and growl.

I often fell asleep before the shows started, and the next morning Mama would always say, “We tried to wake you, but couldn’t,” and my brother would say...

Parts of the book would be posted it week. You'd be free to comment and to help write the book.