short stories

The Ghost of Christmas Never

Some call me Grinch. I call myself reasonable. When I was......

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A Time to Weep

Our little neighborhood gang had tired of Cowboys and…..

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Amber, The Giant Slayer

You might be familiar with the story of David and Goliath when a …..

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Best if used by

One month away from my senior year at Hathaway High, I saw on…..

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Boone

n a bookshelf in a Goodwill thrift shop, a tiny book by Marc…..

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Bump

The print was small, so Stan urged, “Mama, go faster so I can read it.”…..

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Country

Gimme me a song that tells a story and touches my heart, a…..

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Frog Legs

For a city of half a million, a junior high volleyball…..

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From Darkness to Light

It was dark outside. I needed to go to our outdoor toilet,….

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From the Pages of the Iliad

While reading Homer’s Iliad, in the original Greek, of course, ……

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Crazy Joe

The following story was passed down to me from my grandfather,…..

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Dinner on Sunday

A tall, gray-haired George Dandridge handed his topcoat to the cloakroom…..

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Entrepreneur

I am living the American dream. I’m an entrepreneur, ……

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Gifts

When the first chords of “Amazing Grace” hit my ear, …..

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Grace, to you

The following is a translation of a Coptic manuscript by……

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If I Return

NFL pennants encircle the upper walls of the barbershop I patronize……

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it's A Grand, Old Flag

When the national anthem was sung, some …..

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Me and the Good Book

I began attending K Street Baptist Church in Ardmore,……

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Moray

Although he did not need notes, the young,y……

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Odd Animal Behavior

I was probably about five years old at the time. Our tiny white…..

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On Poetry

Some people, when they see poetry coming, lock their hearts,……

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One Step for Man

On Sunday morning, about midway on his cross-country trek, Keith …..

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The Body Shoppe, 2054

My wife died on our 47th anniversary. Two years later, at…..

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The Curve

Residents along the dirt road scurried out of its path when his …..

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The Only Alien I Ever Met

Reading my title, your first question would be: Are you …..

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The Rabbit and The Fox

There was a baby rabbit whose mother and father had died…..

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The Trial

Our children graduated college and moved to the city, so it’s…..

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This Old House

Living in the same house for 52 years, one collects memories …..

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Waiting

He had spent a lot of his life waiting. He recalled waiting for …..

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One String Banjo

Brother Jim glanced from his car window at men in dark,.....

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