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Short Stories |
Silent Night portrays the loneliness and inner thoughts of a soldier on recon patrol. His mind wanders; his imagination is beyond rational control. He sits alone in the darkness as his comrades sleep. (2,389 words) |
Foreign Policy is a humorous snippet taken from my novel Cold Turkey. A CIA field agent is negotiating with a citizen of Uniquestan (a factitious middle east nation). They finally settle on a price for a nuclear weapon. (618 words) |
Frozen Memories is story from the viewpoint of an Alzheimer's patient. The frustrations of someone with early Alzheimer's dementia are well documented. What we don't know is what goes on in the mind in patients with advanced dementia. Frozen Memories is one person's speculation. (1,415 words) |
Troubled Waters is a character sketch of a woman whose mind has been overpowered by adversity. She can no longer cope and is at the mercy of the elements. (1,534 words) |
The Song of Minnehaha is the story of an old man looking back on his childhood when he first learned the value of books. This story is longer than the others but has a more defined plot with the traditional beginning, middle, and end. Of the short stories I have written, I feel this is the best. (4,674 words) |
Purloined Innocence is the story of a single mom confronting a teenage daughter after the mother finds drugs in the daughter's room. The mother discovers she has yet to accept the death of her husband and can no longer depend on him for help. (2,649) |
Middle Island Point, Marquette, Michigan |
Daniel Pearl is a short, short story written for Professor Smolon's creative writing course at Northern Michigan University. The assignment was to write a very short story about a picture of our choice. I chose Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped by terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan and murdered. (632 words) |