The Shepherds' Story
An original Christmas story, suitable for reading to your family on Christmas Eve. It was a chilly night on the Bethlehem hills. Judah...
Hundred Year Old Cake
Based on a news article about a hundred year old wedding cake a man discovered in his garage. I dusted myself off and steadied myself on...
The First Song
This post is based on a news story about a sixteen year old girl in Afghanistan, who became the country's first female orchestral...
Who Is a Terrorist
I wrote this short fiction to explore the effect stereotypes have on our methods of dealing with the increasingly frequent terrorist...
Virginity and All That
Margaret looked in the mirror and sighed. Her wiry brown hair was impossible; her coke-bottle glasses didn’t help either. She never...
The Generous Banker
Author's note: This flash fiction was motivated by a news article about a machete attack in Scotland. My work is fictional and bears no...
Hallowe'en in the Desert (flash fiction)
Josh folded his arms and fixed his mother with a glare. “Mom, be honest. Is there really a Great Pumpkin?” His mom, Alice, finished...
Kids can be Heroes Too
“Hey, kid, what are you looking at?” one of the high school boys yelled at me. He and two others had taken a bike that I knew wasn’t...
The Ticket (flash fiction)
It was a place for the homeless, the alcoholic, the lost. Almost every day I hear about somebody dying in the alley behind the library. I...
Into the Gun Debate
Anyone not outraged by the ongoing slaughter of Americans of all ages by guns, is simply not paying attention, or in a coma. Unique in...
