Etiqueta: a short stories
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Saving Dad by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
Staggering, Foster grasped the handle, yanking, Sliding his belly under the wheel, grabbing the interlock, blowing, waiting, passing out. Foster’s daughter sighed as she bailed her father out of his car. On the drive home she said, “Money well spent saving dad. It’s great to keep him around.” Photo Sources…
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some junkies are worse than others by Bogdan Dragos
she started by completing a list of one thousand and one things to be grateful for then she prayed and thanked the universe for the things that were to come Then she meditated for one hour with her palms spread up to receive the blessings of the universe then she…
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‘C’EST LA VIE’ by Mike Steeden
‘My name I shall not say for no other reason than it would be suicide for my confidante. In our game titles meant death, and besides, I loved her…still do. That said I have a story to tell that changed my life until the end of time. Enjoy if you…
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Crosshairs by Paul Tristram
A sign of the times, indeed … decent people keep their ‘True Intentions’ to themselves… pure ‘Hearts’ secreted behind Boundary Walls. Whilst, the predators, playas, and toxic folk … mask ‘Sunshine’, best friend ‘Smiles’ and fake ‘Sincerity’… to Venus Flytrap ‘Souls’. Everything has become back-to-front, and complicated… ‘Trust’ takes Openness…
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The Three Princes of Serendip by Luisa Zambrotta
I tre principi di Serendippo was published in Venice in 1557 by a printer called Michele Tramezzino who claimed that one Christoforo Armeno had translated the poem “Hasht-Bihisht” from Persian into Italian It has been suggested that the Italian used Serendippo in the title of his book because it conveyed…
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THE THICK WOOLEN JUMPER | Lê Vĩnh Tài
Truyện ngắn Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm “Are you cold?” his voice was both worried and unsure. “Definitely not,” she replied. “I’m wearing a very thick woolen jumper.” “It’s a bit tight”, he added. “No, it’s alright”, she corrected him. Life is absolutely beautiful to him. He…
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heavy binoculars by Bogdan Dragos
the binoculars were heavy in his small hands. “Heavier than a rock,” he said, and then looked over to her. “So, does your dad work in the military?” The question bothered her the last time he asked it and it bothered her now. “Thought I fuckin’ told you to shut…
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The Royal Train by Tony Ashenden
I conceived this poem over 50 years ago. Dissatisfied with the initial draft I did no more but over the years one or two key lines continued to haunt me. Early in June 2024, I managed to fall out of a tree I was pruning. My injuries included my left…
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Distraction-less by Susana Cabaço
How easy it is to get distracted these days?! Even if your intentions are clear and elevated and your focus is sharp, there is always a chance of getting out of your inner alignment and individual path to wander in the quite often superficial and pointless fields of the contemporary…
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Jan 29, 1845: The Raven (E.A.Poe) by Luisa Zambrotta
January 29, 1845: THE RAVEN is first published in the Evening Mirror with the name of the author: Edgar Allan Poe The narrative poem THE RAVEN is told by a man sitting alone in his room. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”, is the beginning of the…
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The Non-Essential Salesman Gets Sold by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
It was not long before Horace started exhibiting marked changes in his personality, mostly exhibiting sadness, about two weeks into retirement. His wife, Charlotte, was at her wit’s end trying to keep her mind as Horace followed her around all day long. It was all because Horace identified as a…
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it’s the gods he’s writing for now by Bogdan Dragos
the old man was living in hell Or so he said Viewed from afar it looked like his problem was having to live life in a wheelchair But viewed from up close it became clear that his problem was having to live around other people, around his family The only…
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HEARTBREAKING HUMANITY IN THE WEST by Mike Steeden
To a land of faith and plentycame the lonesome refugeeall she wanted was a safe placeto live, unchained and freeYet when she knocked upon the door’they’ looked her up and downsaying she wasn’t welcomegave her the thorny crownplus a ticket back to nowhere a war torn broken citywhere she was…
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Dec. 2, 1859: John Brown by Luisa Zambrotta
On Dec 2, 1859, in Charles Town, Virginia, John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder, and insurrection. John Brown, born in Connecticut in 1800, was an abolitionist who believed that armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the U:S. In 1859. with…
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Can you catch a falling leaf? by John Coyote
Can you catch a falling leaf? The days of October are here and I did the greatest sin. I returned to a place of magic trying to find the scent of yesterday. Time had passed, the young man became older and he wanted to taste a memory. He sat in…
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