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With so many other stories both fiction and non-fiction awaiting final copy I had no intention of writing a parole chronicle upon release from prison but was compelled to do so by this parole experience and the need to bring a dark thing into the light for all to see. My other purpose in the writing of this chronicle is to testify to the continuing victory in every struggle throughout our lives for all who put their faith in Jesus Christ [I JO...

There are magnificent stories of the human experience in the city, stories of tragedy and stories of triumph. This story has both and is just one of many I wrote from a prison cell during three terms and 27 years in the California Prison System. Blessed by The Lord with a new purpose in life I will be rewriting all the stories I wrote in the prisons of Soledad, Folsom, San Quentin, and many others, bringing these stories up to publishing level...

In this second book from the city, I tell the story of Carpio Vega and Isabella Melendez. Born into a time of unconcealed racial intolerance and segregation, Carpio and Isabella get caught up in the social violence of 1940s America. In the barrio [neighborhood], with grief and bitter tears, la gente de la raza hispana [people of Hispanic race] mourn for the sons of machismo. Amidst the violence, bloodshed, and death, God's unconditional love r...

The parameters of the human mind are more often than not defined by the amount of emotional suffering and physical pain experienced by the individual. After these experiences are filtered through the heart and mind they seek release in some form of personal expression. It is in these forms of expression we find either solace or madness. In my poetry and other writings I have found a good measure of solace. But my real treasure [Matthew 6:19-21...