“Tom Hallman, Jr.'s narratives give a graceful voice to the universal struggles everyday people face. He isn't one of those celebrity journalists, looking at the world from afar. He writes from the news trenches and touches readers with beautifully written pieces daily. Tom Hallman, Jr. is required reading in the narrative writing courses here at Stonehill College—along with Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, and Gay Talese.”—Maureen Boyle, Journalism Program Director, Stonehill College Journalist Tom Hallman Jr. has won every prize for feature writing out there—and for good reason. Hallman’s nonfiction narrative stories explore the significance of big moments and small, and celebrate the dramatic and mundane events that make up a life. In all of his work, Hallman seeks to engage readers’ minds while eliciting sympathy for his subjects. In this collection of essays, Hallman treats readers to stories about what it means to move through the journey of life and reminds us how much we have in common with one another. Some stories focus on the dramatic: a cop held hostage, the neonatal intensive care unit. Others are about everyday heroes, such as the disabled man who so desperately wants to live independently, or the black school principal who uses his own experiences to help the students under his care. And then there are the funny stories, like the one about parents chaperoning their children’s school dance. No matter the subject, Hallman writes with his mind and his heart and enables readers to see the world—and even themselves—in a new way.

Dispatches from 1320: The Collected Works of Tom Hallman Jr.

Literature & Fiction

Hallman Jr., Tom

Essays & Correspondence

Hallman Publishing

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author: thirteen beautiful stories that gently guide readers into the hallways of faith—openly asking questions, exploring scenarios, and finally coming to the beginnings of faith. True Stories of Faith in Unexpected Places In this very personal, welcoming book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tom Hallman, Jr., shares his journey of faith from indifferent agnostic to growing believer. Faith, Hallman tells us, is looking in the mirror in the morning and wondering why. It’s about doubt and hope. It’s catching a glimpse of a beacon piercing the fog of life and walking toward it, never knowing if you’re headed in the right direction, but pressing onward. You’ll meet ordinary people like the mother who watched her baby die after only twenty days of struggling for life, and you’ll see the peaceful strength of a man working with those whose present situations mirror his past. Within these pages, you’ll find real and honest accounts of everyday people whose discoveries of faith will inspire and comfort you on your own journey.

A Stranger's Gift: True Stories of Faith in Unexpected Places

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Howard Books

When Rhoni Wiswall, 50, realized she had terminal cancer, she had a final wish: That her life, one of hope courage, love and faith did not die with her. She asked Tom Hallman Jr., who won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing, to tell her story. She opened her heart to Hallman. She never lived to see this book. But she would want you to read it, and to find joy, faith and hope in her life. More than that, she would ask that you consider ways in which you can make a difference in the world.

A Life Well Lived: The Rhoni Wiswall Story

Parenting & Relationships

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world's best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty. Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery. In this issue: Our cover feature is "The Gunfighters" by Michael Cebula: Two gut-shot gunslingers try to solve a mystery without moving an inch, in a noir tale touched with humour. In Gregory Cioffi's "The Wrath Of A Writer Wronged," an aging writer of crime fiction ends up becoming the hardboiled inspector he so often writes about. "The Cry" by M. H. Callway presents a mysterious journey through Hiroshima's Peace Park, where a retired elderly assassin overhears a murder--or does he? Mike Murphy's "The Price Of Friendship" finds Ted Milner, divorced, broke, and living in a shabby motel. He learns his neighbor has struck it rich ... and no one else knows. Just a few bullets could solve all of his troubles. In David M. Hamlin's "Smokin' Hot Cash," an L.A. cop walks into a medical marijuana shop, where things appear to be normal and routine. They are surprisingly not. "Kindness" by Tom Hallman Jr provides a not-so-kind story: When a stranger moves in across the street and threatens his family, a mild-mannered middle aged man must dig deep to discover what he stands for. Laird Long brings another You-Solve-It mystery for you to attempt to solve, "Cash-Out".

Mystery Weekly Magazine: April 2018 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Murphy, Mike

Long, Laird

Callway, M.H.

Hamlin, David M.

Cebula, Michael

Cioffi, Gregory

Short Stories & Anthologies

Independently published

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