
Short Stories
These first four stories were written some time ago as a sort of “warm up” to writing longer fiction. I’ve brushed them off, re-edited them and am making them available for your amusement. “Danny Boy” is literally the first short story I ever wrote. I was quite surprised to discover “Dinner, Then a Bedtime Story” is actually more of a children’s story than of my usual genre. The others feature bad people doing bad things until karma intervenes–and karma always does.
I will continue to add selections from my “vault” as time permits, and hope to present new material soon! Thanks for reading, and remember–please be gentle. These were my first.
NEW FOR CHRISTMAS 2022
A 70s Christmas Story is brand new and 100% true. I was a terrible sneak when it came to snooping around for my presents. This is the year that ended all that. It also reminds me of how lucky I was to have the wonderful parents I had. I miss them both so much.
NEW FOR 2023
Not Even for a Million Dollars was inspired by our Grove City Writers' Group's fearless leader, Janet Shailer, who posed the question, "Which possession of yours would you never trade, not even for a million dollars?" I'm sure this isn't exactly the response she expected, but as always, she sent my brain off on a tangent. And for those of you who know me: Yes, Donald and Nancy are my parents' names; Yes, she worked for what was then The Portsmouth Times while he worked for Pepsi-Cola; Yes, they met in a bowling alley; and Yes, they were ten years apart in age and did, indeed, elope. But this is NOT their story. I'm just paying my eternal respect and keeping their memory alive.