Read Short Stories for Adults
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
New Year’s celebrations have been recorded for at least four thousand years and celebrated on different days and in many different ways.
Gunny Grip had been installed as mascot by a previous C.O., and no one had the guts, or the heart, to challenge his appointment. He had always been a source of pride for our Marine Barracks, and that, of course, meant that Gunny was a full-fledged Marine in good standing, and was therefore accorded all of the honors and privileges associated with his rank.
Gotterdammerung in Germanic mythology is the name for the fall of Valhalla when the mighty Norse gods themselves were overthrown and the final apocalyptic day of judgement fell upon them.
A Vietnam era plane crash and its terrible aftermath, described by a reluctant witness....
An art exhibit, two people on the prowl. Also published under my pen name, Lizziewolf.
The sport of surfing and the Vietnam War create a paradox for some of the aliens among us
After many years of wantoness a wife realizes what she wants is her husband.
Human consciousness is captured in a Connectome...and rides a beam of light.
At twenty-seven years of age, it was also the first time I came face to face with a real Smith & Wesson experience. I was in the US Army and stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
A queen has been in a slumber for many years, cursed and awaiting for her next prey that dares to wake her up. For when she feeds, she leaves not evens the bones for anyone to find.
A widower travels to a small town where he encounters someone who peaks his interest.