“Get up you lazy piece of sh*t!” my father yelled. I woke out of a deep slumber, startled and quickly wondering if I was about to get pounded. My father had a propensity for violence. I was always afraid of him. He was a big man. I was a little guy. “What the h*ll areContinue reading “An excerpt from Never Settled: a memoir of a boy on the road to manhood (Ch. 1)”
Author Archives: Shawn D. Congleton
On the outside
In many ways, I’ve been on the outside most of my life. Moving from town to town, I would imagine what it would like to have always been there where people know you, they know your parents, they know your grandparents, your aunts and uncles, your cousins. But, that wasn’t me. I never lived anywhereContinue reading “On the outside”
Shawn D. Congleton ~ author 