Fifteen pieces of short fiction that explore the light and dark sides of the human condition.
The Alley - Two twelve-year-old boys play rough in an alley--with a ten-year-old girl
Bad Dog - A curly-tailed puppy whose eyes are curiously knowing
Select-O-Matic - When a dead juke box comes to life, it plays nasty secrets
Arsallah - Even the best-intentioned wars create collateral damage
Blind Curve - An ambitious Ugandan villager considers the rewards--and deadly consequences--of a family business decision.
A Tale Of The Christ (read the story here) - If God has a plan, why does it include such pain?
Tooth Fairy Daddy (read the story here) - Sometimes, a boy can lose his father in the mythology
Timeless Golf - A season on the links that never ends
The Mark On The Dove - A master craftsman devotes his work to his church, but God doesn’t care
Mia - Never, ever, be nasty to the sales clerk
One Sneaker One Brogan - Bizarre things happen when tourists catch the scent of blood
Roberta’s Rules Of Order - A curious historian wishes he never solved the mystery of a Revolutionary War battle
Johnnie Reads - What begins as an escape from a brutal step-father turns into a life lost in books
And Now For A Word - Flash fiction with a macabre ending.
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