Category: literature
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The Duke of Six Thirteen by J. Rawley
(This is a true story. It happened in a large hospital in the capital city of a state on the east coast and the events transpired so many years (decades) ago, that I feel confident nearly everyone involved is dead. I changed a few details (the actual room was, I think, on the 4th floor,…
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Societal Decline by Michael Theroux
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It is possible for a people to become ashamed of their own success. It is apparent that an entire race can tire of that process by which the strong rise, the weak fail and fade. Morality has interpreted Godliness to admonish that we tend to those that cannot fend for themselves, to assist the Meek…
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Coming Home by Paul Clayton
Jack sat at the kitchen table, sipping his morning coffee. For months he’d been struggling. A week earlier he had called his brother, Dan. Dan was married, really married. He couldn’t decide what cut of beef to buy without consulting Marge. Jack hadn’t complained about his aloneness, merely mentioned it in passing, like talk of…