The unique stories contained in this volume are either long short stories or short long stories. They are too long to be considered short stories and too short to be considered novels. When I first started working for a local newspaper, I asked my boss how many words would he like my stories and articles to contain. He said, "Write the story until it is finished. Once it is finished, we'll deal with the length." I liked that idea. Write the story until it is finished. Don't worry about how long it should be or how short it could be. Write the story until it is done and then stop. That is the case with the six stories in this account. I wrote them until they were done. When they were done, I stopped writing them. Simple enough. I consider each of the six stories contained in "It's a Long Story" to be worthy of the Hobo Philosopher tradition of thoughtful reading. I do hope you enjoy these stories. And remember whenever you see the thoughtful Hobo on the cover, inside you will find me. Just like Buster Brown, I will be in there too.