Georgina looks at my black eye and damaged face with appalled concern but is too polite and professional to ask.
Category: Short Stories
The Day We Met
Sometimes the most unexpected sequence of events leads us to our destined path.
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Necessary Goodbyes
Bobbie discloses an agonizing secret to her best friend and discovers that even the people you’re closest to may never really know you.
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The Tears of the World
A ghost story that takes a deep bow to Samuel Beckett.
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Unending Encore
A fictional short story about the pressures and expectations of gladiators and how their struggle relates to us today.
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Gray Dawn
A law student recovers an expensive oil painting from a shady art dealer for a mobster.
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Hunting Blind
Growing up on the east side, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Between You, Me, and The Devil
A dead man from Texas has hopes of meeting with the Devil in Hell.
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The Log Cabin
This story is a Flash piece in the voice of the narrator who finds that her married life has become a routine.
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To Drink a B-E Condensate
Fantasy set in the quantum world.
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Golden Girl
An aging Hollywood star is a shoe-in for the best actress Oscar, but soon her own elitist persona gets mistaken for a political statement.
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Inheritance
A World War Two veteran, survivor of the Bataan Death March, reconciles with his family after a long and painful estrangement.
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Confrontation
Short piece about the angst of youthful relationships.
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Last Swim
A man takes a swim and thinks back on his life as he drowns.
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A Rainy Road
A man on his way home during a rain storm skids off the road into a vehicle with its flashers on.
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The Submission
Phone rings.
“Hello?”
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The Initial Legend of the Great Founder
About the Great Founder. The story supports itself. There is no one description.
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