Short Fiction - Written Tales

Sparkling Cider and Cheese

To the love of my life, When I first met you, you were wearing slacks- hair pushed back and a … Read more

Cold. She was cold. She curled up into a ball beneath her covers and shivered. It didn’t help. The cold … Read more

Locals from Igaluit on Baffin Island north of mainland Canada found what appeared to be odd pebbles which were exposed … Read more

Duke Hanley – High school was OK. I was average in most classes, but did very well in math. There … Read more

Two tough men walk into a bar separately. Other than them, the bar is empty. The pretty tough one says … Read more

It was time for her to go now. The car would be arriving soon. She pulled down the old suitcase … Read more

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