Looks like trouble Word count 1,000 Appears in Written Tales
Tag: Written Tales
Wheelock
Some of the people at Wheelock Word count 537 I’d known Stan from work for about a month when he asked me “Want to go on an adventure this weekend?” I had just moved to Oregon from the East Coast and … Continue reading Wheelock
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
Class Act
Calmer Times Word count 436 Class Act When Jane hadn’t come home from trick or treating by ten PM, her mom Stella sent a group text to all of the other sixth grade parents about their children’s whereabouts. The response was frightening. Several of … Continue reading Class Act
Freedom Or Freedumb
One of our freedoms There isn’t a simple answer to what freedom means to me. There are things that it is and there are things that it isn’t. I have freedom of movement, but that doesn’t mean that I get to drive a Cadillac or take a cruise around … Continue reading Freedom Or Freedumb
The Afterwife (rated R)
Lust connection lost Word count 359 Duke had been married to Sally for twenty years before she died of cancer. To his extreme unhappiness, he found out that Sally didn’t believe in sex after marriage. During those twenty years, Duke tried to get sex everywhere, … Continue reading The Afterwife (rated R)
Altared States
Before the blood letting Word count 787 A few days after my wife Celestine died suddenly from encephalitis, I got a phone call that I suspected was some form of condolence. I had not recovered enough to talk to anyone, but the caller ID – … Continue reading Altared States
Licorice
Not many good choices for Licorice, but at least this is tasty Word count 2989 I had been working in the University of the Filipinas anthropology department for several years, when I got the break of my career. I was awarded a decent sized grant … Continue reading Licorice
Birthday
Not the Association, but you can't tell Word Count 474 A few weeks ago I bought The Association album Birthday. Prices for used albums are $1.00 a piece, or three for $2.00 where I volunteer at Booktique, a charitable used bookstore three blocks from … Continue reading Birthday
Gate
Fancy entry Word Count 1,000 “Now that you’ve been in Ambrosia for a week Sally, what do you think of the place?” “It definitely exceeds my expectations, Duke, but I still have a few questions.” “Shoot.” “I don’t know if I was imagining it, … Continue reading Gate
Doug Hawley 