4-24-2022: Content is being selectively restored. If you have an interest in a piece “withdrawn” do not be bashful; ask for it to be restored. Time permitting, I may do so, but only if asked.
ALL SHORT STORY CONTENT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
Young Adult and Children
The short stories immediately following were written for my grands.
- Animal Teachers 4/6/2022
- Nicole e la Capra Che Legge i Libri 9/18/2020 (restored)
- Imogene 6/28/2020
- Georgina and the One-eyed Cat 6/19/2020
- Salvatore 6/18/2020
- Nicole and the Goat Who Read Books 6/28/2020 (restored)
General Audiences (unless indicated NSFW)
Some other stories ended-up “short” because they lost steam (but hopefully, not readability) before reaching novella or novelette boundaries. In those cases, front- and back-ends might have been lopped-off to make them fit “short.”
There are some NSFW (surprise!) entries. Anything above “Flash” in length usually takes long enough to mature, so I remember to tag them “NSFW.” But not always.
- Nose Job -12/17/2020 Ever had a “pimple” that wasn’t a pimple? Frustrating, right? Here’s my story.
- Quarter to Two – 12/17/2020 Coffee with a buddy who never seems to remember his hearing aids.
- Puppet Man – 6-Part serial – a day in the the life of a Deputy Sheriff. Approximately a 32 minute read (restored)
- Spellcheck Spasms – 2020 Fanciful recounting of an old computist’s struggles with autocorrection insaneware. Based more than you think on personal experience. (Restored and opening in a new page, August 2022)
- Favorite Insults
- — No. 3 — Mrs. Folson 11/6/2020 (Blogged August 6, 2020)
- — No. 4 — Jess’s Momma 11/7/2020 (Blogged August 12, 2020)
- — No. 7 — “Kid” 11/29/2020 (Blogged August 4, 2020) (NSFW-ish)
- — No. 10 — Mrs. Embry 11/6/2020
- — Nos. 12 & 13 — Conroy 11/29/2020 (Blogged July 30, 2020)
- — No. 15 — Widow Nelson 11/29/2020 (Blogged August 8, 2020) (NSFW)
- Once Upon A Time
- — No. 1 — Threadbare and the Three Princes (?NSFW) 10/5/2020 (restored)
- — No. 2 — Big Bad Got A Bum Rap (10/21/2020)
- Olga, Svetlana, and the Handsome Russian Lieutenant (NSFW) 8/31/2020 (restored)
- Wardlow and Spencer 8/10/2020 (restored)
Ramblings 