Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (TX), Author at Minutes Before Six

It’s a Dog Eat Tacos Kind of World

By Thomas Bartlett Whitaker It’s raining tamales. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. We went…

By C. Michael Lambrix At this time of year I find myself wondering what Christmas has…

Rock of AgesBy Darrell Jarvis Riddles of life, rumors of death,Echoes of knowledge all in one…

By Jeff C. ON MONEY Money, of course, is never just money. It’s always something else,…

By Michael Wayne Hunter “I don’t want this book,” I heard a prisoner say in the…

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by Dina

By Steve Bartholomew “You‘re institutionalized,” she said. Silence crackled along the phone wires while I decided…

By C. Michael Lambrix Each year, on November 11, we proudly celebrate “Veteran’s Day,” honoring those…

By Arnold Prieto Since entering prison in 1994, I have known eight men who ended their…

By Jeremiah Bourgeois You do not have to spend much time in a law library before…