Category Archives: Short Stories

“The TWILIGHT ZONE Ending”

_____The flickering black and white images danced across the wide screen before the celebrating audience. The frantic male human rushed anxiously into the scene, crying out in protest: “It’s a cookbook!” The audience expressed its appreciation of this example of … Continue reading

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Dark Journey

As he slowly sat up, Dick thought, “Ugh. Now for the great adventure.” He slid from where he was sitting and put his feet on the floor. He grunted lowly as the sudden cold crept up his leg. He glanced … Continue reading

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Love and War (Part 2)

[Continued from https://www.scribblerworks.us/fiction/love-and-war-part-1/] “Isn’t it obvious?” he returned, coming round her with a hand on the small of her back.  He used that gentle pressure to direct her near the bandstand.  He paused in front of the lead player, and … Continue reading

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Love and War (Part 1)

  [Aym Geronimo and her Post Modern Pioneers are the creation of John Morgan Neal and Todd Fox. She and her troop of friends first appeared in the Shooting Star Comics Anthology in 2002. John solicited prose stories of the characters … Continue reading

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The Winter Stranger

_____Once there was a man named David who had great cause to celebrate in the middle of winter. A young married man, at long last after three daughters, he rejoiced that his wife had given birth to a son. The … Continue reading

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The End of the Line

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’m still in San Diego, with two days of Comic Con to survive. My feet want to fall off, and my knees stiffen up very easily. I briefly sat out in the sun this afternoon before … Continue reading

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Story Fragment – Stormchild

(Originally published on LiveJournal) So, I promised to post that fragment I unearthed. It’s been an adventure attempting that, between an old computer that didn’t want to deal with things, and a new laptop I’m not used to yet. Anyway, … Continue reading

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