Avro Kelty

When Avro Kelty is violently ejected from an orbital station during a catastrophic event, he awakens alone on a pristine Pacific atoll—one untouched by humanity, absent even the plastic debris of civilization. Stranded with only fragments of a damaged survival suit, he fights hunger, thirst, and the creeping certainty that something is terribly wrong with the world. As isolation fractures his mind and survival becomes ritual, Avro prepares to die—only to awaken in a distant future where humanity has already destroyed itself. Rescued not as a man but as genetic salvation, Avro learns he is the last true human, preserved by time and claimed by a hybrid species desperate to restore what was lost. But survival is not the same as belonging… and the future may be colder than the island that nearly killed him.

*Stacy*

In a quiet Southern town shadowed by war and hardship, young Stacy adores her irreverent Uncle Robert, a wounded Vietnam veteran who masks pain with mischief and laughter. After a playful church service and a tense hospital visit where her injured father unexpectedly speaks again, Stacy witnesses how humor, resilience, and fierce love can triumph over tragedy. Spanning decades, the story follows the lasting impact of that day, as Stacy grows to honor the two flawed but devoted brothers whose courage and compassion shaped her life—and their community—forever.

The Teddy Bear

On a routine stop at a lonely truck stop café, a road-worn driver named Bill shares a booth-side conversation with a younger trucker carrying a small teddy bear for his son’s birthday. The man talks about promises made, miles traveled, and a decision that will change his life forever. Hours later, under the cold glare of highway lights, Bill finds himself staring at a wrecked rig from a company he recognizes—and confronting a moment that refuses to stay just another accident on the road. “The Teddy Bear” is a quiet, haunting story about missed chances, unexpected connections, and how a single night can echo far beyond the miles.

Idiots

In About Idiots, Ted Gresham delivers a razor-edged, darkly humorous reflection on the cultural phenomenon of the “Complete Idiot’s Guide” empire—those brightly branded books that promise to simplify everything from computers to Christ. What begins as mild amusement turns into a pointed meditation on commercialization, political correctness, reverence, and the uneasy comfort we’ve developed with labeling ourselves fools for the sake of a sale. With wit, grit, and the plainspoken candor of a truck driver who’s seen a few miles of American excess, Gresham asks: When does clever marketing cross the line into something hollow—and who, exactly, is the real idiot?

Forever

When rising novelist John Fuller finally achieves the success he has chased for years, he doesn’t realize the cost will be his marriage. While he travels the country promoting his breakout novel, his lonely wife Katrina finds companionship in an online chat room—one that leads her into the hands of a predator in Corpus Christi. What begins as emotional distance spirals into disappearance, deception, and blood on a deserted beach. As police uncover a sinister trail and hope flickers against mounting evidence of tragedy, John is forced to confront a haunting question: in a world reshaped by ambition, technology, and regret… how long is forever?

One Lump-Sum

This short story is one of several I gleaned from my Dad about his stay in the Army, stationed in India during World War II. It’s a comical fiction story about my dad, Ezra, and his friend Brown.

Brown told a little story about a Chinaman servant who kept borrowing things and promised to pay the GI back soon with “one lump-sum.”

Going West

This is another little story gleaned from my dad about his days in the Army. This one is about his trip on the train from Kansas City to the West Coast. In the story there’s the ever-present private Brown and his shenanigans. Mostly it’s about Ezra and the loneliness and trepidation he has as he heads towards the unknown and what he thinks is sudden death in battle with the Japanese.

Driver

In this gritty, darkly humorous memoir of life behind the wheel, a college-educated East Texas man trades an air-conditioned office dream for fourteen-hour days in battered cabovers, grumbling trainers, warring dispatchers, roadside inspections, blown transmissions, and million-mile trucks that seem held together by stubbornness and prayer. From a near miss with deer on the way to trucking school to runaway drive shafts and punishing summer heat with no A/C, he learns the hard lessons of the road the only way they can be learned—by living them. Just when he finally lands a better rig and a smoother run, fate intervenes with one slippery step, bringing his hard-won trucking career to a sudden, bone-shattering stop.

Paradigm Shifts

In Paradigm Shifts, H.J. Ted Gresham gives voice to those who feel they see unsettling truths the world refuses to acknowledge. With urgency and raw candor, the essay explores the isolation, frustration, and inner conflict of living between two realities—one accepted by society and one perceived beneath the surface. Rather than urging loud confrontation, Gresham calls for patience, discernment, disciplined thinking, and quiet solidarity among like-minded seekers. It is both a rallying cry and a cautionary manifesto, challenging readers to stop shouting at closed doors and instead build careful alliances, seek verified truth, and prepare—calmly and courageously—for the moment when the world is finally ready to listen.

It’s all a Lie

In “It’s All a Lie!” H.J. Ted Gresham weaves a haunting meditation on shattered illusions, moving from a tense encounter at the International UFO Museum and Research Center to the far more devastating rupture of September 11 attacks. What begins as bemusement at a woman whose faith cannot tolerate aliens becomes a darker confession: the author’s own faith—in America itself—was broken when the towers fell. Suspended between the official story and wild conspiracy, he rejects both, yet cannot silence the gnawing conviction that something is terribly wrong. With patriotic memory and personal anguish entwined, Gresham invites readers into the uneasy space where belief, doubt, and responsibility collide—and where waking up may be the most frightening act of all.

Forgotten Texas Jewels: Ratcliff Lake

Sitting quietly in the piney-woods of East Texas a dozen or so miles east of Crockett, thirty miles west of Lufkin, hides a quiet park and camping ground that has been welcoming visitors for almost a century. In the sixties and seventies it was always busy but these days it’s a lot quieter. That makes it a great place to go and relax! (Formerly published on Constant Comment.)