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Floating
Word count 100 On the way to our waterhole, I noticed something hanging from my ballcap. Repeated brushing did not get rid of what I had thought was a spider on a thread. Checked eyebrows and eyelash – no. Eventually had to accept it was … Continue reading Floating
Nature Of Oregon
Sturgeon Word Count 877 I grew up in Oregon, wandered about the country for thirty years, and then came back for the last twenty-five. There is much to complain about here – the politics and many of the people for two, but there is … Continue reading Nature Of Oregon
Sparrew Interview
I don't look like that, I have not seen Dawn in image or reality. Word count 788 I1.Have you always been a writer? I wrote some very bad stories while in high school. During the next stage much later, I wrote a newsletter for my … Continue reading Sparrew Interview
Literally Stories Interview
Word count 892 Sunday Whoever. July 23, 2023literallystories2014 This week’s whoever has been a wonderfully quirky and enthusiastic supporter of the site for a long time now. We first published Doug Hawley in 2016 and he has been with us submitting, reading, commenting, and generally getting in … Continue reading Literally Stories Interview
Death Row Magazine
After the meal dessert Word Count 571 “This month’s exclusive article is on the final meals for the inmates before they are put to death. We have been to many prisons in several states which have the sense to deprive the dregs of society, the … Continue reading Death Row Magazine
Belle Lake
Word count 1033 Duke rushed into his house at 10AM on Saturday. After he shut the door, he bent over gasping for air. When he finally could speak, he said “Shere, you won’t believe what I just saw.” “Probably, but why don’t you … Continue reading Belle Lake
Credit Where Credit Due
Word count 495 Before the main event, here are the runner ups – The physical: Climbing the least interesting fourteener in Colorado Completing four Portland Marathons (notice finished, not run) Bench pressed more than my weight The intellectual: Ph.D. in mathematics (possibly the … Continue reading Credit Where Credit Due
1 Corinthians 13
Word count 299 1 Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” Only the first part is … Continue reading 1 Corinthians 13
Pitch
Something like this. Probably daylight. Word count 100 He had been following her for over an hour. She had seen him before and was concerned. Bulging belly, dirty holey sweatshirt, grungy jeans at half mast. Just his luck, she walked into an alley. When he … Continue reading Pitch
Doug Hawley 