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In the Late Morning

I said there'd be at least one more short story this month, and I was right.  Though this isn't the one I planned on.  This one just sort of came out over coffee this morning. Be sure to check out all of the stories on the site by clicking on the  complete list .  I'm still waiting on final approval to post my  Chain Story  as well.  Be sure to check out my recent collections available on the Kindle.               She smiled and added a deep love and care to her voice, "I love you."             I smiled back and laughed.   "I love you, too."             "What's so funny?"             "I'm not laughing because of anything funny."             "What then?"   ...

GUEST STORY: The Man in the Box

We have another Guest Story from my brother, Jason Young.    These are excerpts from his second novel that read as short stories.  Be sure to check out all of the stories on the site, including Jason's by clicking on the complete list .  I'm still waiting on final approval to post my  Chain Story  as well.  I'll have another story this month also, to make up for last month. Be sure to check out my recent collections available on the Kindle.   You can check out Jason's Kindle offerings here .      I had a dream of a stone prison…      I didn’t know where I was, because I could see the world outside myself. There was a transport that traveled an endless desert. It rolled across the golden sand with its deep iron tread. It lifted the sand and dropped it back onto itself like a water wheel. It would move as long as there was sand in the desert. I tried to point my focus to the burning sky, b...

My Cross To Bear

This is but a sample of this story.  The complete version is available in my print collection  Man Against the Future.   From there, you can order signed copies, or buy it for the Kindle or the Nook.             Things had been bad for a long time for everyone, not just me.  Everybody's got their own problems but I've got my own unique crosses to bear.  I don't like talking about them, though, because that's always liable to cause more trouble than it's worth and it pretty much always ends up with me and my girl getting run out of town.  Mostly though, we keep to ourselves.  We've got a room in the hotel right about the town saloon.  That's where we spend our time and take our meals.             We don't talk much to strangers and other folk.  I work hard enough for the both of us to keep us out of trouble.  It's a rough life...