Fiction
A ghost story: A woman drowns her mother in a scalding bath, is charged and later dies in prison. Some years later Abigail move into the house and discovers the woman is still there. Can they be friends? That could be a bad idea...
What happens when you try to remember a lost love? Is the memory complete? Is it even accurate? How can you keep the feeling in the present? This story is about trying to do that.
You don't need to know the lyrics to The Weight, but it binds these 6 little tales together.
This is what happens when you see two people having a conversation a row ahead of you on a flight and there are blanks begging to be filled in.
one of the COVID lockdown stories
This is a children's story. For the age 4-10 crowd. The bear has a slow deep voice and the rabbit's is high and quick. I think you need to know that to hear them properly in your head!
A murder mystery love story and my longest story, this had a 2020 re-write. Download this story
One of my favourites. I have a soft spot for this family, I've known them now for 30 years. Download this story
Someone reading this in a writing class looked up when they finished, a fearful look in her eye, and she said to me very quietly "Are you okay?" I guess that was the reaction I had hoped for.
Not everyone will identify with the needs of this story. The Ottawa U paper The Fulcrum published this in 1991. This is also the story I shared with Alanis Morissette when we sat beside each other on a flight to Toronto. It intrigued her enough that she gave me her phone number but we never connected later, though why is another story altogether! Download this story
This story is fiction but the visit to the restaurant and the husband and wife that owned it is pretty much how it was at a small diner in West Point NY. The bartender, fortunately, is pure fiction. Download this story
I remember writing this one warm afternoon under the trees at the cottage. I had no idea what to write, started with the thought "Bob's your uncle" and the rest just kept coming. Download this story
Remember, this was written in 1989 before MLB went shift-happy. I didn't realize I was predicting things to come. Download this story
This story unfolded in my head like a movie. There were times I stopped and went, holy crap, but then told myself, just write, don't edit, just write. Download this story
based on true events and the lies we tell about them (I am working on a re-write. This is not available to be downloaded yet.)
(I am working on a re-write. This is not available to be downloaded yet.)