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Category: Short Stories

Short Story: Martinque’s Mind

11/23/2025

Short Stories, Writing

fiction, short-story, Writing

There are many people in this world. There are more personalities. Some people have more than one personality. People are a complex species. I’ve heard we know more about outer space than we know of the human brain or the ocean. I’m not sure whether this is true or how the researchers qualified or quantified
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Short Story: Two Bears Named Al and Ed

10/11/2025

Short Stories, Writing

Books, Family, fiction, Life, Writing

“How did this happen,” the bigger bear asked the littler bear. “I don’t know. I might be older, but that doesn’t mean I know the answer,” the little bear said. “You should have more experience than I do with how life works,” the big bear said. “Besides, I was not looking in the direction of
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Writing: Book Chapter of My Second Novel

05/04/2025

Short Stories, Writing

I admit I haven’t been doing much writing especially not anything I am proud of or is anything new. I have to return to my second novel and get this done so I can publish it by the end of this year or early next year. I’m already behind schedule especially when I made my
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Short Story: I Don’t Like the Words Coming Out of Your Mouth

07/20/2024

Short Stories, Writing

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Short Story: The Secrets Between Our Toes and Teeth

04/07/2024

Short Stories, Writers

His name was bestowed on him by his proud father. He became the second of his name. It was quite unfortunate he never lived up to the standards his father had paved the way when he was a child. He grew into a teenager, rebellious and mean. As he aged into middle hood, it was
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Short Story: Reflection of a Writer

11/17/2023

Short Stories, Writing

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Short Story (sort of): Chapter Two of My Second Novel

06/04/2023

Short Stories, Writing

I’ve been slowly getting back to writing and rewriting my second novel idea. I’m finding the joy again in the process of writing and seeing what happens when you sit down to write. I’ve been lazy and haven’t cleaned off my desk. Instead, I’ve been organizing my photos among other things. Therefore, I’ve been writing
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Short Story: Not the Model Majority

05/15/2023

Short Stories, Writers, Writing

This is actually one of my chapters of one of my novels I’m working on right now. I took a break from my second novel idea to work on this novel idea (the number has changed over the last few years). I’m getting more commitment and drive to get them done by my deadlines or
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Short Story: Tom Murphy’s Regret

02/09/2023

Short Stories, Writing

(This is not written by me, but someone close to me. I read the first draft and made some suggestions to make it better. It is on the longer end of a short story with a little over 6,000 words. I’m eventually going to get back to writing, but in the meantime, enjoy the story.
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Short Story: Imogene in Disguise

07/10/2022

Short Stories

There might be a hundreds of different ways to kill a bird. There might be a thousand different ways to shatter a window. There might be a million different ways to punish a wrongdoing. There is only one way to tell this particular kind of story. This story that involves someone you don’t know, you
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Short Story: Goodbye to You

01/09/2022

Short Stories, Writing

I was not ready to hear my own words. When the time came for me to utter them, to say goodbye in the most creative way, a part of me had one hell of a time saying even one of the words. I’m sure those near me were wondering what I had in my mouth
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Short Story: Phone Call

03/11/2021

Short Stories

I started writing this short story about a week ago. It allowed me to finish my journal and start a new one. My first short story in 2021. Don’t get used to it because I will soon have to rewrite my novel and try to finish my other novel by the year’s end. This story
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Short Story: White Light

12/23/2019

Short Stories

This is loosely based on a dream I had and then it morphed into something different. My original dream was being stuck in underground tunnels with zombies and having to fight my way through them to survive. It went from luring them into rooms and locking them inside to this short story. I completely made
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