Author: doughawleyhotmailcom

Bigger than a bread box, older than the end of WWII.

Mercy

Unrelated image, but cool. Second coyote story.  Word count 394                                      `` A few years ago, maybe five, I was supervising and working with a man who was doing community service for a crime that he says he didn’t commit.  We were removing ivy from an … Continue reading Mercy

Teen Angel (warning R or X rated)

Night Angel emerges Word count 322                                           Paul was having another one of those dreams at 3 AM.  Since he had turned twelve he had been having nocturnal emissions and since fourteen he had been experiencing embarrassing daytime erections, but no real sex.  He had grown … Continue reading Teen Angel (warning R or X rated)

Meeting

Word count 665                     Before they ate                                   I’m so happy that the three of you could join me today.  The paid plane tickets and goody bag filled with expensive gifts may have been the inducement, or maybe it was a chance to reconnect after all … Continue reading Meeting

Lost

No idea Word Count 50                                          I looked at the squirrel and wondered if I could eat it raw.  I don’t know how to start a fire and probably couldn’t catch it anyhow.  My wife, what’s her name, always threatened to abandon me in the … Continue reading Lost

It’s Back

Word count 318 Mt. Hood                                                    Sally got off the phone with her doctor and told Duke “It’s back.” Duke replied “Chemo worked before. You can do it again.” “You don’t know how much that hurt. I would never go through that again.” “But there’s … Continue reading It’s Back

Details

Somebody doesn't make it out alive Word count 133                                                                  “I brought you to this abandoned factory where no one can hear us and we can’t be disturbed to revise the plan to kill your wife”. “What could be simpler?  I told you that … Continue reading Details