Short Stories

I don’t know what possessed me to do it, maybe curiosity, or the challenge, or some kind of twisted dig at my father, or maybe a genuine deep-seeded desire to…

     “A man of action takes the day,” Miss Sternward declared as she wrapped up a unit on Hamlet, clearly referring to Fortinbras, that feisty anti-Hamlet who seizes control of…

“Mamaw don’t want to lock you in a cage, but I got no choice,” she apologized to her wailing granddaughter as she extricated herself from the overwrought child, both covered…

     “That’s just our town retard, don’t mind him, he’s harmless,” Sam Cleary commented offhandedly. “Every town’s got one weirdo, right?” he let the steering wheel spin in his fingers.…