Cherrypicked stories

A quirky and funny insightful short story which projects the psychological aspects of human nature which are seemingly at odds with what is socially acceptable at unexpected moments.

Do we ever really know what our spouse is thinking?

Happy Land

Sleepy Land

I told Della about the gun. "You'd be better off with a dishwasher," she said. Since he died I've dreamed about buying a gun. I looked at dishwashers...

Work in progress describing author's experiences living in remote Alaska

a child once, he grew up to end on the street

We walked all over town looking for a place to eat. As usual, my friends and I had left things until the last minute, expecting a restaurant to...

the good thief if he ever lived took nothing A stranger in a strange town the full moon her chaperone the razors edge of pavement stone tonight her stage her place called home She trys to leave no shadow that was cast many year ago for tonight she knows that it is a one girl band with her dye and plastic mole A guy wants her to light his candle and tells her about heavens scent she flicks her eyes to the skys above and asks is he looking for rent With another dawn on the horizon and her spirit still intact she tilts her head to the rising sun and whispers no time for looking back