Email Author Carlton Stowers

2001 Stories by Carlton Stowers

• From Soup to Nuts

  published December 27, 2001

  "I'd like to thank Bob St. John for reminding me of a lot of stories I've been trying very hard to forget." --sports... More >>

• The Garden of Angels

  published December 20, 2001

  "It is not known precisely where angels dwell--whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be... More >>

• Double Oops

  published December 6, 2001

  In the black pre-dawn of a 1998 summer morning, Carrollton resident Jack Laivins was munching on an apple and trying to find an early newscast... More >>

• The Way of the Gun

  published November 15, 2001

  In those days before the cancer would spread and claim his life, longtime law enforcement officer Billy F. Fowler could recount old cases... More >>

• Days of Glory

  published November 15, 2001

  The yellow school bus rolled into the oncoming December darkness, headed toward Abilene, carrying with it a cargo of teen-age boys who just... More >>

• Innocence Lost

  published October 18, 2001

  Lacresha Candy Murray, only 12 years old, was seated in an Austin courtroom, her frightened brown eyes darting among a thicket of strangers.... More >>

• Better Safe

  published October 4, 2001

  WHARTON--As the recent terrorist attack struck the Pentagon and New York's World Trade Center, Texas pilot Jim Folks was where one would have... More >>

• Native Son

  published September 6, 2001

  The lingering legends of Jim Thorpe, perhaps the most talented and honored athlete in American history, are as colorful as they are numerous.... More >>

• Shallow Impact

  published August 23, 2001

  ODESSA--On a recent summer afternoon, long after the temperature had climbed past the 100-degree mark and even the dust devils seemed to weave... More >>

• Big-House Guru

  published August 9, 2001

  Pacing the Addison hotel room he calls home, a cell phone pressed to his ear, Ron Cohen is speaking in a firm but understanding voice to a... More >>

• Home At Last

  published July 26, 2001

  ALVARADO--There are days now--rare but more frequent than he'd ever thought possible--when John Maddux's life follows a routine path that he... More >>

• Courtly Language

  published July 19, 2001

  In a perfect world, where youthful fantasies grow into reality, 42-year-old Bryan A. Garner would right now be making his way to the next stop... More >>

• Grave Matters

  published July 12, 2001

  On quiet evenings, before Malcolm X Boulevard teems with late-night life, Harold Williams climbs into an old pickup with a cranky transmission and... More >>

• Case Closed

  published June 14, 2001

  "The murderer of Miss Florence Brown may be caught within the next five minutes, he may be arrested during the next six months; he may never... More >>

• Poe Boy

  published June 14, 2001

  NACOGDOCHES--Joe R. Lansdale's days of busting his butt at the nearby aluminum-chair factory or toiling in the brain-baking heat of East Texas... More >>

• The Tex Files

  published May 24, 2001

  TRINIDAD, Texas--When last we heard from the rebellious John Joe Gray family it was still entrenched on its 47-acre river-bottom farm near... More >>

• Dead Wrong

  published May 17, 2001

  Location: Denton County, Texas Victim: Frieda Lorraine (Becky) Powell, w/f, 15 In June 1983, Henry Lucas described to... More >>

• O.J. Confidential

  published April 12, 2001

  It was a Friday in June 1994, and Dallas private investigator Bill Dear, dapper as ever in his three-piece suit, monogrammed shirt and... More >>

• Dr. Cop

  published March 8, 2001

  MOUNT VERNON--At first blush, they sound like scenes concocted by a struggling writer trying to sell a television series, one that combines... More >>

• The Phantom Menace

  published February 1, 2001

  TEXARKANA--The enduring legend began not with death, but with a frightening and vicious attack on two young lovers who managed to survive. On a... More >>

• The Angel of Juarez

  published January 4, 2001

  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico--The fine-powder caliche dust rises from the road, forming a suffocating haze that clears only when Esther Chavez slows her... More >>