Stories from
the imagination of
Ron Wilbur

Ron Wilbur is a story teller, retired pastor, speaker, and business and marketing/branding authority serving global corporations.

He has written over 200 articles on a wide variety of topics - business, marketing, branding, ministry, serving the homeless, faith, and life - plus the stories below that you can read here:

  • 13 short stories
  •   9 books in two series - 12 more in process
  • 19 Christmas stories

As a child, Ron's mother used to read Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories to him and his sister. That early grounding in tales with solid moral messages helped shape his life and career. It's no wonder that many of his stories and seven of his books are for young people.

Titles below are indexed by the age of readers or listeners for whom they are intended.


Short Stories

  5th grade through adult
     Where Have You Gone, Mary Rose?
A true story of 5th graders on a first date.


  7th grade through adult
     Birds of a Feather
Don't let people with small thinking define what you can be.

     The True History of the Origins of Floss
A tongue-in-cheek short story about the origin of floss.


  High School through adult

     Chance of a Lifetime
Timing is everything in this story of chasing the future.

     Ervie's Song - NEW 8-16-25
A young heart heals with music.

     The Club - NEW 8-3-25
A group of buddies fish in Baja and catch a vision that transforns a village.

     The Product
What causes some people to just plain be hard to take?

      The Shelter of Life
A heartwarming story about a puppy and a young girl.

      The Soul of an Old Machine
Some things never die; they just continue.

      The Whippinpool Effect
An amazing breakthrough in world crop science results in dramatic yields. Or does it?

      Vox Hominum
What happens when humans create a new species to help colonize another planet?


  Adult
      A Day With the Hired
A story of apparent destiny, and a change in plans.

      Tangelo Cooler
Behind-the-scenes look at life in the DEA war against smugglers.

 

Book Series

  Bold titles - currently completed. Non-bolded titles - in process.

Chris Chronicles Bedtime Stories - for all ages

   Book  1 - Meet The Amazing Chris Mouse - 9 stories, 65 pages
   Book  2 - Chris Mouse Family Adventures - 9 stories, 69 pages
   Book  3 - Life in a Chris Mouse World - 9 stories, 71 pages
   Book  4 - It's a Mouse Life - 9 stories, 78 pages
   Book  5 - More Mouse Tails - 9 stories, 77 pages
   Book  6 - Growin' Up Mouse - 9 stories, 76 pages - NEW 8-15-25
   Book  7 - Chris Mouse Family Changes - 9 stories, 78 pages - NEW 9-2-25
   Book  8 - Mice - Life in the Big City - 9 stories, 82 pages - NEW 10-5-25

   In process - Coming soon:
   Book  9 - The Mouse Economy
   Book  10 - Early Days and Good Friends

The Lost and Found Series - for high school through adults

   The Lost and Found - 145 page book about life and redemption on a Western ranch.

   In process - Coming soon:
   The Lost and Found "Keepin' on" - The journey continues - IN DRAFT
   The Lost and Found "Beyond" - South of nowhere, east of somewhere
   The Lost and Found "Orchards" - It's often the small things
   The Lost and Found "Culture" - Hard work, clean living
   The Lost and Found "Marketing" - The 5 Ring approach to growth
   The Lost and Found "Farming" - Secrets of Exponential Agriculture/Horticulture
   The Lost and Found "Matrimony" - Stories of changed lives from the Wedding Venue
   The Lost and Found "Beyond" - The import-export strategies of a unique western ranch
   The Lost and Found "Next Level" - A bluebird catapults the ranch into the next level
   The Lost and Found "Homecoming" - A Ten-Year Reunion celebrating changed lives


Grandpa Wilbur's Christmas Stories

Originally written annually for family members.

  All ages
      A Christmas Tail
The first story in the Chris Chronicles Books of Bedtime Stories, a 10-book series listed above.

      The Charming Little Town of Tinselina
Things weren't going well, but then everything changed.

      The Honest-to-Goodness True Story of Santa's Elves
So where did elves come from?

      The Magnifi-Cat
A contemporary twist on an age-old story.


  5th grade through adult
      Christmas Comes to Luna
A young African boy learns the true meaning of Christmas.

      Island Night, Holy Night
What happens when disaster follows a tough, life event?

      The Legend of Pete's Dragon
A story of the fire and smoke belching green dragon of Canyon Lake, California

      The Shepherd's Song
A first-person, eye witness account of a world-changing moment in history.


  7th grade through adult
      An Elsie Christmas
A family gathering for Christmas, set in a Nebraska sod house in 1958.

      Angels We Have Heard On High
A Christmas Devotional.

      Christmas Angels
A prank turns out to be a blessing in disguise.

      Follow the Star
A family, a cold winter night, and a journey to somewhere.

      Martha and Jesus
A touching story about two people that were destined to meet.

      The Incredible Route 91 Christmas Sandwich
Working on Christmas brings a totally unexpected surprise.

      This Baby Boy
What goes through the mind of a day's old infant?


  High school through adult
      My First Christmas Present
Life sometimes brings an unexpected surprise.

      One Mississippi Christmas
When hard luck presents a great future.

      The First Barney Noel
A humorous look at a Christmas that no one expected.

      The Long Road Home
When going home means coming home.

  

All works © Ron Wilbur. All Rights Reserved.