funny stories Michael Nolan short stories Monday, July 13, 2026 The Limerist by Michael Nolan <i>A tall tale about Tommy O'Brien, who was so enamoured of limericks he could express himself no other way.</i><br><br>My father told me about Tommy O'Brien. It was late one night and he'd been sitting in the dark in the kitchen, filling himself with whiskey, the Pierian springs of his wit. When the spirit was with and in him, he was the best of storytellers. He waved me to sit down and he slopped … Read more Labels: funny stories Michael Nolan short stories 1 comment:
funny stories medium length stories Robert Villanueva Friday, July 10, 2026 Love and Betrayal in The First Person Past Perfect Tense by Robert Villanueva <i>Two rival writing groups engage in a literary rumble for access to their favoured corner of the Mega-Libro Bookstore. </i><br><br>I had no idea how it had escalated to this, but there we were in the Java Jones Café in Mega-Libro Bookstore downtown ready to rumble, two writers' groups face-to-face in a confrontation that resembled a Saturday Night Live parody of West Side Story.<br><br>Just beyond the Prose and … Read more Labels: funny stories medium length stories Robert Villanueva 10 comments:
Joanna Friedman medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, July 8, 2026 The Safety of Others by Joanna Friedman <i>Meg reminisces about her summer vacations growing up, reflecting on her friendship with Charlie and her interest in Henry.</i><br><br>When the three of us were eight, I saw Henry for the first time. He painted on the rocky pier above the tidepools where Charlie and I hunted for hermit crabs. Even back then, Henry wore a tan fedora hat like an old man, and I knew from the serious way he studied the easel that… Read more Labels: Joanna Friedman medium length stories real life stories 5 comments:
real life stories very short stories Zary Fekete Monday, July 6, 2026 11th District, 13th District by Zary Fekete <i>In Budapest, a teacher visits the home of one of his students and is struck by the contrasts in his city.</i><br><br>The 11th district has wide streets and trees so tall they nearly cover the tram wires. When we walk to the schools to talk about the virus and the blood, the air smells like lime blossoms. Balázs is a student who listens; he wears a sweater that is too thin for November, and he sits in the fro… Read more Labels: real life stories very short stories Zary Fekete 6 comments:
futuristic stories Joanne Merriam short stories Friday, July 3, 2026 Possible Purposes of Plastic Buttons by Joanne Merriam <i>A woman is so preoccupied with her dying husband that an alien invasion fails to make much of an impression.</i><br><br>I was at the hospital when the aliens landed. I'd made up my face that morning, but I'd eaten since then, and cried, and laid my cheek against his. I wiped my face naked with wet tissues and rubbed it with my bare hands, something soothing about the gesture despite everything. At th… Read more Labels: futuristic stories Joanne Merriam short stories 3 comments:
