Word count 998 This story will be available for the blog after Pure Slush publishes it as a part of the Lifespan series.
True Or False
Word count 3185 Which of these are true and which are false Mortality I have the body of a twenty year old – I keep it in the refrigerator for midnight snacks. I was worried when I was told that I … Continue reading True Or False
Chair
They look better than most of us Word count 100 Once a month the dance band section of the Lake Oswego Millennium Concert Band plays at a local Oregon church. It mostly plays big band numbers from the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the … Continue reading Chair
The Devil’s In The Details
Word count 50 To appear in 50 Give Or Take #1046
Lover
Word count 512 Payback hurts. Not allowed to display outside of Tuxtails. See https://www.tuxtailspublishing.com/lover-by-doug-hawley/.
Unmerry
Like that, but not in Kansas Word Count 394 In 1968 I followed my math Ph.D. thesis advisor Karl Stromberg to Kansas State University from the University of Oregon in Eugene Oregon to complete my studies. Professor Stromberg decided to visit Eugene over Christmas … Continue reading Unmerry
Not Roadrunner
Different place, pheasant not caught while wer were watching, and no snow, otherwise accurate Word count 100 A few years ago editor and I visited Malheur Refuge in remote Southeast Oregon. This was before the infamous “occupation” by a fringe group. We got a visual … Continue reading Not Roadrunner
Spam
Word count 389 In 2007, my wife Sharon and I took a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands, and then south to Fanning Island in the Republic Of Kiribati – a group of islands. The Hawaii trip detoured two thousand miles (three thousand kilometers) … Continue reading Spam
Pool Of Dreams
Why Mickey liked the Pool. Word count 1,014 Mickey Monroe was thrilled that the fence around the Critical Research Compound had been blown down by the windstorm the previous night. He lived just a couple of blocks away and had been tempted by the … Continue reading Pool Of Dreams
Butterfly
Could not find a picture of a solid red butterfly like the storied one Word count 50 50 Give or Take #951. Nonfiction. A little stunned by the event.
Doug Hawley 