Wham Bam Stories by Simpson
Episodes
54 episodes
WILD BILL
Wild Bill Simpson, my pappy. A look back at his Life & Times
THE LAST SUPERMODEL
As a kid, because of her looks, she was used and abused, deceived and exploited. They used her to hawk perfume and blue jeans, underwear and dreams.But she was tough, resilient, ambitious. She channeled that abuse and exploitation to bu...
THE MAN WHO CAN'T GET IT UP
A monument to virility. Manly to the core. Fifty years chasing the ladies. But, alas, not so much anymore.He started young, made women his vocation. Unfortunately it's looking like he'll need a fresh inspiration.Times they are a...
THE RACIST
Trouble at the mall.White kids tangled up with black kids. The N-word careens around the food court. One kid pushes another kid. Fists fly. Blood spills.The cops arrive. They put the white kid in a chair, the black kid on the fl...
THE NEW ECONOMY
The suits at corporate tell Sam to go home. Relax. Enjoy life. He no longer needs to report to the office."I'll be working from home?""Nope.""What then? Am I fired?" Sam asks. "Good God, no, Sam. Paycheck an...
INSOMNIA
She's been having some trouble sleeping. A lot on her mind. Kids. Job. Boss. Ex-hubby. Noisy furnace. Bad trans. Vlad Putin. School shootings. Ultra-processed foods. And on and on and on. No end to the toils and troubles. ...
IT'S HOT, BUT HELL IT AIN'T THAT HOT
Gary Edward Earl, better known as Gas, has been tasked with fixing the supply chain problems. He could likely do the job from his home office in the Garden State suburbs, but what fun would that be?Gas wants to hit the road. Or is this ...
THE LAST RUN
Cold and windy at the summit, but Jake's determined to make one last run. His buds say no way, done for the day, but Jake moves to the beat of his own drummer. He leaves the warmth and camaraderie of the lodge, steps into his Atomics, and heads...
STRANDED
Lem leaves work feeling good. Feeling fine. His presentation went well. He's looking forward to a mellow ride home followed by a pleasant evening with the family.Unfortunately, a couple of external events beyond Lem's control intrude up...
BULL
Bull's a heck of a high school athlete. Big, strong, and fast. He loves to play the games. But he's not so keen on the competition. On the winning and losing.Bull has a dream. He dreams of a world without rancor. A world where cooperati...
SEIG HEIL!
When G Otterbein moves in next door, the MacLeod boys are quite certain he is either Gestapo, SS, or a concentration camp guard. Their father landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Over the next year he battled the Nazis and helped...
JUDGE DELETO'S DAUGHTER
The Judge's daughter has been raped. Or so she says. The Judge is aghast. Appalled. Angry.And even more so when he finds out the rapist was... my God... Black.His Anger turns to Alarm when she tells him she's... pregnant!
INERTIA
Every day she thinks about doing it. And every day she doesn't do it.She wants to do it, or at least she thinks she does, but still she doesn't do it.She wants to do this and do that, go here and go there, but desire so rarely l...
SPRING BREAK REDUX
Mac’s on vacation. On spring break. With his wife and teenage kids. They drove down to Duck on the Outer Banks. For a week of sun and fun.Mac is not happy. Mac dislikes vacations. Hates sitting around on his duff. But he has to tow the ...
THE DEAD COON
Crumb and Fuse drive home late from a boozy party in Crumb's 911. They spot a raccoon crossing the road. Crumb swerves and goes out of his way to run over the coon. Leaves it dead in the middle of the road.The act sets off a confrontati...
FATHER JOSEPH AND HIS BLOOD RED FERRAIOLO
All's well at the local parish. At least on the surface. Father Joseph and Nathaniel's parents sit in the priest's office and have a nice little chat. They discuss the upcoming pancake breakfast, the flower show to raise money for ...
THE FUTURE UNDER UNDERTAKER
Pete's a podiatrist. Pete does feet. Pete had a whole slew of podiatry clinics in and around Syracuse, NY. Until Covid hit in 2020. And people with bad feet stopped coming to see him. Pete went bust. Belly up. Had to declare bankru...
THE AMURICAN CONSUMER
For years, decades, Big Al spent enormous amounts of time and money shopping and consuming, buying no end of crapola he didn't need and often didn't really even want. But consuming was an addiction. Al coveted a wide array of products and servi...
TEN GRAND
Bill Monroe, a local businessman, owes Patrolman Dick Benson ten grand. Has owed the police officer ten grand for nearly two years. Dick wants his dough. And more than wants it, Dick needs it. For his family. For his wife and daughter.D...
THE RAPE OF NAN KING
Nan is a hotshot divorce attorney. No holds barred. Anything for victory. Just today she crushed a billionaire hedge funder with pics of illicit sex with minors. Won her client at least fifty mil. She'll take a nice chunk of the settlement. Buy...
COUNTING SHEEP
Liam works for AAPT (Animals Are People Too). It's a tough job, as daily he has to make sure livestock animals are being treated humanely before destruction. Prior to this employment, Liam worked as a deckhand on freighters that circled the glo...
ROAD RAGE
We have a couple boys here, men actually, dealing with some personal issues, when out of the blue they dang near slam their large vehicles into one another. Gonna be hell to pay if they don't calm down and pull themselves together.
CONSTANCE SILLENCE
This is the mostly true story of the short unhappy life of Constance Sillence. It's a sad, devastating story, but unfortunately all too common in the annals of human history. It's Biblical in its simplicity of birth, suffering, and death. A qui...
THE WALKING PHILOSOPHER'S CLUB
Every evening Sock and various companions meet at the park to go for a walk and discourse on a variety of lofty topics. Art. Religion. The Meaning of Life. On this particular evening, cold and blustery, it appears it will only be Sock and his f...
