It is Christmas morning in Eastland, Texas. The year is 1996. My maternal grandfather and grandmother are still alive. My siblings and cousins and I are sitting in a living room that faces the southern edge of Lake Leon. We are surrounded by innumerable packages, all of them wrapped in shining gossamer paper, piled high…
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America is an Airport
It is a dangerous proposition to wax nostalgic about the American tradition in the 21st century. As a national community, we don’t care much for the company of each other. It’s like we’ve all overstayed our welcome at Thanksgiving, the conversations turned political, the Cowboys lost, and someone dropped Grandma’s seventy-five-year old recipe for mashed…
Sidebar: All That Love Inside You
It is not self-aggrandizing to say, nor is it meant to be boastful, when I tell you that I have a deep and abiding love for you. If we’ve known each other for years and consider ourselves thick as thieves, or if you befriended me just because we met a long time ago, I want…
Author's Reviews – The Massacre at Yellow Hill
Thanks so much to the Author’s Reviews for reading THE MASSACRE AT YELLOW HILL. They loved it! Humble shows great talent for writing scary, creepy stories that might make it a bit hard to sleep when the lights flick off. His storytelling is polished and moves along nicely. If you are looking for a scary…
THE MASSACRE AT YELLOW HILL REVIEWED BY THIS IS HORROR
“Therein lies the ultimate strength of this fine debut; Humble’s ability to inject his characters with life… They leap from the page in this action-packed, character-driven slice of weird horror.” Thanks so much to Thomas at This is Horror for reviewing the Massacre at Yellow Hill. Read, enjoy, share! http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-the-massacre-at-yellow-hill-by-c-s-humble/
The Civil War: A Narrative – Fort Sumner to Perryville, By Shelby Foote
Prologue: The Opponents, Part I
The Joyful Christian – Disciple Now 2014 Homily/Recap
The following is a sermon that I gave on Saturday, February 15th, 2014, to the South Main Baptist Church Youth group for the final session of their disciple now. It is part homily and part testimony, enjoy it if you have the time. Comments are welcome. – C.S. The Joyful Christian: Longing, Losing, and Living…