Before I am Famous

literature is something we infer after the story is told

Ole Skokie

Today was going to be busy; it always was on the first day of trout. I live in Skokie, Illinois and I run the only bait shop around these parts. Maybe some of you out of towners don’t know who I am; I suppose you don’t know anyone till you meet them. I am Abe [...]

Afterthoughts on Dear Ana

Hello all, the other day I posted the next Weekly Shorts, Dear Ana. Boy oh boy this is the first story I wrote in a long time and it felt wonderful. I had some trouble with this story and then I experienced writer’s block. The basic premise of the story was always there I just [...]

Dear Ana

December 1
Dear Ana,
Where do I begin? I know my letters are becoming fewer and fewer as the years go by. Emails are so impersonal. And sometimes, sometimes things just need to be said in a letter. My dear friend checked my email as I can’t remember what to do. You know I am more of [...]

Afterthoughts on Legolas’ Destiny

Hello all a couple of days ago, I posted a new Weekly Shorts story, Legolas’ Destiny. This is about Legolas, a character from The Lord of the Rings by JRRR Tolkein. At first when I went to work on this story, I didn’t look up the name and I came up with a greek mythology [...]

Legolas’ Destiny

Once the rightful king took his place and Middle Earth had peace, Legolas returned home to  a celebration for the brave. He laid his on the pillow and gazed out across the starry landscape, the celebration continued. Soon he closed his eyes and fell into a sleep deeper than dead.

The yellow sun startled him awake, [...]

Afterthoughts on Man Unearths Mummy in Backyard

Hello all a few days ago I posted the last edition of Weekly Shorts Man Unearths Mummy in Backyard. This is a fictional news story. All you have to read is the first couple of paragraphs and you too will know why I don’t have a passion for writing journalism. I have style that is [...]

Man Unearths Mummy in Backyard

The following is FICTION…
Imagine doing a seemingly normal home upgrade and discovering a mummy. Last Tuesday, Sahil Bhalla started digging for a swimming pool when the back hoe hit something hard.
Once shutting off the engine, he investigated. Much to his surprise, Bhalla discovered a badly beaten sarcophagus.
“I couldn’t believe what I found,” Bhalla said. “At [...]

I am So Sorry

Hello everyone, I thought I had everything set to move  a new database. But I lost something that is very important to me and every person who participated in Weekly Shorts.  For some unknown reason I lost all the comments on the  Weekly Shorts page which means you lost your links.  Tonight I had planned [...]

Afterthoughts on Jealous Lovers and Cheating Wives

Hello all,   last week I posted an exciting new  edition of Weekly Shorts Jealous Lovers and Cheating Wives this supposed to be a film noir thriller type of thing. I think I accomplished that. It is about a PI firefly and his love affair with a dragonfly. Final word count 1879.
For the most part, [...]

Jealous Lovers and Cheating Wives

It was a dark and stormy night and the neon light blinked incessantly. Scratch that, stories like this always start that way, don’t they? No this story is about me, Sam Sparkles, Private Investigator and Cricket Dirtloader. Ahh yes, Cricket a beautiful dragonfly (I guess you were thinking she in fact was a cricket but [...]

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