List: Stand-alone Pieces I'm Pround of

This is my list of complete short stories that I feel are some of my better works. No novels or chapters here! Enjoy browsing!

• A Noble Cause

  Jammer held on to the rim of his hat against the rush of air as Brazen swooped down to the landing strip. Brazen’s great reddish-brown win

  7300 words, 40 comments, on Jan 27 3:39 PM 2008. In A gruff dragoner, Adventure, Fantasy, Science fiction
• The Shape of a Smile

  The idea for the story hit him like a freight train, fast and hard. It rushed through him with a brilliant intensity that left him panting

  4900 words, 56 comments, on Feb 4 7:14 PM 2008. In Dark, Fiction
• Pretending and Having

  She was only going forty miles per hour when she hit the deer. Her car was a small two-door, a green Ford Escort ZX2, and it was low enough to the ground that, had she been going any faster, the deer would have come over th

  2500 words, 28 comments, on Jun 25 12:44 AM 2006. In Life, Modern fiction, Self exploration
• Fire

  I really need help coming up with a title for this piece...please?

  6200 words, 23 comments, on Jun 27 10:48 PM 2006. In Creepy, Mind games, Mythology allusions
• Is There No Justice in the World?

  Scott threw a furtive glance over his shoulder, checking to see if any of the other people riding the bus were watching him. The only pers

  3300 words, 21 comments, on Jan 14 12:54 PM 2008. In Contest entry, Humor, Killing scott, Mystery
• Sombrero Reef

  It was winter in the western hemisphere, and definitely winter in Minnesota. In Florida, however, winter is just another word for balmy in

  1700 words, 16 comments, on Feb 29 9:08 PM 2008. In Memoir
• Angel Eyes

  Santiel Morreae loved his daughter to distraction. It’s true that he had money, respect, and anything else a man could desire, but she was

  3400 words, 13 comments, on Mar 8 12:38 PM 2008
• Dewdrops at Sunrise

  You may not know this from looking at me now, shriveled and gray as I am, but I used to be quite popular with the ladies. Especially early

  2100 words, 20 comments, on Jan 13 8:20 PM 2008
• Boston, Child of Madagascar

  Boston could hear the animal snuffling somewhere ahead. They were quiet sounds of breathing and of nosing around for food. Warm organic sounds, sounds that promised a feast. He had seen the animal only moments ago, running

  1800 words, 26 comments, on Mar 29 12:00 AM 2008. In Fiction, Future, Other
• Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

  I liked the place, despite what Ike was always saying. The bed was comfortable, the cable was complimentary, and there wasn’t a bad view o

  4400 words, 38 comments, on Jul 20 9:46 AM 2008
• Miles Away from Safe

  Miles Anthony Way had hair the color of old tomatoes on a particularly hot summer porch and a ruddy, cheeky complexion that looked suspicio

  2300 words, 21 comments, on Jan 20 9:29 PM. In Dumb luck, Heist gone wrong, Humor
• A Pearl From the Chaos (full)

  What is the pearl? And who will be the one to own it?

  21400 words, 13 comments, on Feb 22 8:17 PM. In Adventure, Dragons, Fantasy, Magic, Sailing
• Freya's Tears

  Jenny wondered idly if the museum would be half so keen to preserve the fossilized footprint if they knew it was a fake. It wasn’t malicio

  4300 words, 17 comments, on Jul 7 6:29 AM. In Amber, Fantasy, Fiction, Magical realism

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