by Joe TaroneJoseph Tarone's "Some Stones Shine" tells the tale of his father and uncles as they set off on their own as teenagers to the coal patch village of Raven Run, Pennsylvania, on a cold wi...

...From the moment I spotted him I stood at the porch railing rigid as a statue, breathing though my nose so the vapor of my breath in the cool night air wouldn't give me away. Breathing through th...

Black Emeralds tells the story of corruption and the lust for power and pleasure at the highest levels of the United States government. Vice President Hugh McCormack was to be heir apparent to Pres...