Short Fiction - Written Tales

Our Love is a Tragedy

To my dearest, I don’t know why I waited till now to write this, but here I am. This is … Read more

Duke and Gary, actuaries for a large Portland insurance company, were having lunch together. As usual they were complaining about … Read more

In a remote Midwest town, lived a poor family of four; Emma, her husband Gerald, and their two children. Their … Read more

From the beginning, it was a farce. The passion I thought he felt for me came from the pills he … Read more

A few days after my wife Celestine died suddenly from encephalitis, I got a phone call that I suspected was … Read more

911. What’s your emergency? Hello. I think I’m dying. Would you like to for me to send the EMTs? I … Read more

When I was young, a neighbor had me impressed once with her wide vocabulary. She was mentioning words that I … Read more

At night I drive down the vacant streets of a sleeping city, flickering street lamps lighting the way. My eyes … Read more

“Now that you’ve been in Ambrosia for a week Sally, what do you think of the place?” “It definitely exceeds … Read more

Near us, near the corner of Calle Luis Maceda and the park where jacaranda blooms purple against the blush pink … Read more

You don’t remember the way, but you put your foot on the gas pedal, burning the straight-eight until it purrs … Read more

Kids have the craziest imaginations. They’re always making shit up, they think it’s funny. Anything that comes out of a … Read more