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I do a little short story writing now and then.
Here are some short samples - just to give you an idea. Each copyrighted short story is original and very much for sale at $4 each - or - $2 each for 3 or more (postage is included).
Ordering information may be found with each selection.
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"Beneath the Noise" Note: This selection is available as a podcast with the author reading the complete selection. Subscribe to "BRAINMIST AUTHORS" |
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"Three Thousand Pounds" Note: This selection is available as a podcast with the author reading the complete selection. Subscribe to "BRAINMIST AUTHORS" |
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"Fat Roger" Note: This selection is available as a podcast with the author reading the complete selection. Subscribe to "BRAINMIST AUTHORS" |
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"The House on Portagee Hill" Note: This selection is available as a podcast with the author reading the complete selection. Subscribe to "BRAINMIST AUTHORS" |
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"At The River Ridge Bar" Note: This selection is available as a podcast with the author reading the complete selection. Subscribe to "BRAINMIST AUTHORS" |
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"Once Upon a Future Past" Note: This selection is available as a podcast with the author reading the complete selection. Subscribe to "BRAINMIST AUTHORS" |
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"The Point of Pinball" What's the point of pinball? A fair question. To a pinball-purist, this story explains it well. Note: this story contains scenes of graphic violence. Drama / Fiction ©2001 |
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"The Road, My Shadow, and
I" A biker's story. Why do we ride long miles? It may seem like a fool's game, but there is a reason. This story explains it all to those on four wheels. Non-fiction, philosophy ©2001 |
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"All Along The Watchtower" Three teens face their future in 1968. Adulthood is crashing down upon these close childhood friends whose clubhouse is a bit unusual. Drama / Fiction ©1996 |
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"Cor" This is a tale of two different life-forms at first meeting. No matter how you look at it, sometimes life just isn't what it seems to be. Science Fiction ©1996 - First published in The 1996 Alchemist Review. |
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"The Long Way Home" Marcus is a bomb disposal technician. His partner was recently blown to bits and Marcus comes face to face with another bomb made by the same bomber. Contemporary Fiction / Drama ©2000 |
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"Hiking Through the Shawnee" It is a future world. The Shawnee forest covers most of mid and southern Illinois and John is enjoying his annual hike. This story contains scenes of graphic violence. Future Fiction / Drama / Graphic Violence ©2000 |
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"Circling Exodus" Amnesia has robbed him of his past. However, he finds a diary in his library detailing dangerous pharmacological research. The diary, it seems, is his own. Fiction / Drama ©2000 |
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"The Geranium Beam" In the distant future, an eight-year-old student is having trouble understanding the Delta Signus Axiom of Socio-Spatial Relativity and seeks help from her aging mentor. Future Fiction ©2000 |
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"Crushed Between Question
and Answer" Aging brings out the questions. Some herald answers that we would just as soon not hear. Fiction / Drama ©2000 |
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"Sunset's Plain" Black spheres have appeared and are levitating and following people all over the world. They have taken no hostile action yet there is something troubling. They are multiplying at an alarming rate. Future Fiction / Sci-fi / Drama ©2000 |
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"The Deep End of the Jury
Pool" Things have changed. In this work of fiction, Carle 37 Metzger is about to come face to face with a future version of a jury of his peers. Future Fiction / Drama ©1999 |
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"The Neighbors" A Homeowner's worst nightmare. The vacant house next door is suddenly vacant no more - with chilling consequences! Note: This material contains sexual themes and may be inappropriate for young readers. Comedy / Fiction ©1996 |
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"Heaven & Earth" An accident in space forces a worker to return to Earth. The tale is played out from two different vantage points. Science Fiction ©1996 |
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"The E-Mail Trail" This comes from the all-too-serious Dilbert world. Corporate America is not necessarily a nice place. In this unique work of fiction, a tale is told of the evil done to subordinates by their supervisors... through their e-mail! Drama / Fiction ©1999 |
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"A View From The Ward" A boring class... A boring Prof... A boring subject... They seem to go on forever! This is a tale told through the eyes of one about to go over the edge! Comedy / Fiction ©1996 |
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"Lady Luck, God and Bob" Bob is the unluckiest person on the face of the planet. But, the voice in his head promises a change. Light Comedy / Fiction ©2000 |
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"Dirt" Politics - a dirty world. In this work of fiction, we see the unclean world through the eyes of a small town politician about to have his life changed. Drama / Fiction ©1999 |
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"Insert Tab
'A' Into Slot 'B'" A thing needs to be assembled on Christmas morning. What is it? Don't ask Aunt Violet - she just bought it. Dad! He's the poor slob that has to do it... and he doesn't even know what the heck it is! Comedy / Fiction ©1996 |
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