Samples of My Writing – Short Stories
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Frozen Innocence
Inside some of us resides a wolf, lying dormant for years but suddenly waking at the scent of blood, the scent of its longing and desire. A man finds a young boy on the side of the road, wet and freezing in the middle of winter. What happens when he tries to help the boy is both haunting and profound, and leads to a place you might not expect at all.
Published: Currently Unpublished
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‘Til Morning Come
What would you do if you were given the power to decide if someone would live or die? Would you abuse that power, or apply your own morals to come to the right decision? What if the person you thought you were judging turned out to be someone else entirely?
Published: Currently Unpublished
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Through His Eyes
An aging mother, a family’s dirty secret, and a visit to the house where it all started. Daniel doesn’t want to be back at his childhood home, but is forced to go after the rapid decline of his mother’s health. There, all of the secrets will be revealed.
Published: Currently Unpublished
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For Him
What would any woman do for her husband? Cook, clean, possibly even kill?
Published: Currently Unpublished
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They Say
A man wakes up in a hospital bed and doesn't remember how he got there. They say he has amnesia, but who are they, anyway?
Published: Spectrum Literary Arts Magazine, Spring, 2007
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A Thousand Million Universes
This story follows a man through his descent into Oblivion, only to be rescued by the spirit of his dead wife as she tries to convince him that there is value in him being alive.
Part of a collection of stories, The Price of Innocence.Published: Currently Unpublished
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Lullaby
What lengths would you go to in order to save your child? Billy is living in a terrifying dream world as he lies in a coma, while his ever hopeful mother and unscrupulous doctor try to wake him.
Part of a collection of stories, The Price of Innocence.Published: Currently Unpublished
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Neverisland
Wyatt and Evan, the only two survivors of a ship sinking, must learn to fend for themselves on a lonely island. As the boys grow older they fall in love with one another, only to have their lives upset by the arrival of rescuers.
Part of a collection of stories, The Price of Innocence.Published: Currently Unpublished
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In Peace At War
Claire fell in love at a young age, fell in love so fast and deep she cannot get the memory of the boy out of her head nearly sixty years later. He was supposed to be dead. Through an extraordinary set of circumstances, we find that the boy she loved and lost wasn't really lost at all.
Part of a collection of stories, The Price of Innocence.Published: Currently Unpublished
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Do Seventh Graders Need Laptops?
Following two parallel storylines, we first meet an assassin who, having been taken away at a young age to train, relives the past before setting out to take down a new target. We then meet Senator William Davin and his family as he prepares to make a speech in Boston, where, unbeknownst to him, the assassin is already waiting for him.
Part of a collection of stories, The Price of Innocence.Published: Currently Unpublished
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Red Hands
Where do writers get their ideas? In Red Hands, we find that one writer gets his ideas... by acting the scenes out himself.
Published: Spectrum Literary Arts Magazine, Spring, 2006