Unfortunately, sometimes self-awareness arrives long after the opportunity to make a difference.
Complicity
Tag: short story
I can see a tree from the forest
Sleeping hearts are woken by a dancing flash of light, deep within the forest canopy, under the Big Sky.
One Misty Night in Brooklyn
Standing in a moonlit alley a glint of light on broken glass on wet black tar.
Charlotte’s Law
A legal secretary gets a peek at the reality behind her lush fantasy life.
600°
We’ve heard about witches, books, and historical monuments being burned to ash, but what happens when it becomes writers instead?
I Wanted To Tell You
A rock concert becomes a fiery inferno, forever changing the lives of two best friends.
I’ll be late for the Christmas party!
An unconventional Christmas story.
Rape Culture
Somewhere in a post-patriarchal future where the onus is placed on men to be sure they have consent.
Roses and Thorns
A myth about the creation of the rose and the struggle to make sense of why pain exists.
My Coffee Date with Death
A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger provides a pathway to salvation for a desperate man who has lost his way during a pandemic.
May Day Mayday!
A story of one young American boy and his infatuation with his older Canadian friend, and their efforts to unionize the plant where they worked.
The Human-Actor, Moments to Anagnorisis
Shakespeare had once composed, and asked Jacques to tell the literary world of a ball that was, to him, a stage.
Glory Be
A small town is on edge due to a string of brutal murders. The town’s most senior detective, Detective Lohelm is on the case.
Our Arborist
Tree limbs provide a bridge across fences dividing people.
Pasture Statues
What does the cow see behind the woman and child?
The Man Who Murdered the Smartest Man in the World
At the crossroads of faith and artificial intelligence.