Short Stories for Long Nights

The sweetest rituals left behind by the rite of passage from childhood into adulthood are bedtime stories; tales that enhance the imagination and creativity of the listener while reinforcing the principles of truth, integrity, and honor. During the leap to adulthood, these stories strengthened our moral values but sometimes were replaced by social media's gratuitous cruelty, trips through dystopian landscapes, or profanity-laced political rants. The Lost Boys grew up and somewhere along life's path, forgot the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.