It is hard to believe, this novel, “The Family Crypt” which I started writing November 1, 2013 is finally finished and published February 19, 2020. Some of you might recall from reading my Facebook post or Website page, “Current works and prompt challenge” that my son, Keithalon (Joker) Jones died in October 2014. Although I worked diligently on this novel to prove I could meet and exceed Keith’s challenge, I did not meet this goal at that time.

As I worked on this manual script, there were times it seemed to write itself in my mind and on my computer monitor. Therefore, this story kept growing although I was constantly deleting pages. After mentioning this occurrence to both Keith and my editor, Lillie. Both said, “Stop trying to hold the story back it seems to be a sequel”. But I refuse to write two or more books under the title, “The Family Crypt.” Instead, my response to their proposals was,” I do not want to write a sequel, just one novel.

In addition, life issues kept getting in the way and I found it difficult to deal with these issues as well as a disobedient book. Again, I was not able to accomplish the writing and publication of this book before Keith died. If I had known, my child was going to die I would have finished this book in April and published it in May which is my norm.

After Keith’s death, I would occasionally remove this manual script from the bottom drawer of my desk and look at it as I wipe tears from my eyes. Then, I would type a few pages and put it back in its rightful place. My editor kept saying, “Edith I have determined, you are not trying to finish “The Family Crypt”, because it will signal the end of the wonderful relationship you had with Keith, but I do hope it is published before I die”. Meanwhile my friends felt I did not finish, The Family Crypt” because it would be the last story prompt, I would ever receive from my son…. Maybe my editor and friends were right.

Anyway the prompt was as follows: On a rainy night, a man sits in a taxi across the street from his childhood home trying to decide how to tell his parents what?

You can use this link to purchase The Family Crypt:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XVYXXP or purchase a copy from your favorite book seller and see how this story evolves and ends.