Tag: short story
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Tales of the Dragon — Part Four
Eleven years of searching end in a village square. A boy who was never given a name finally claims his own. And Old Maren, unmoved as ever, keeps watching for who’s ready to carry the story next.
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Tales of the Dragon — Part Three
Eleven years without a rumor of an answer. He’s not chasing a royal daughter or wolves that were never lost. The stranger shows Old Maren something, changing the story she thought she knew.
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Tales of the Dragon: Part II — Vhorrak Arrives
A dragon curls around the village well and falls asleep. Old Maren was there. Now she tells it to the children at her feet — all of it, except the part about the wolves.
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Tales of the Dragon
Every dragon story ends the same way — the beast falls, the village cheers. This one starts with a stranger, a ring, and questions more than eighty years old.
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Hat Trick
Dale swears it’s true. Merv doesn’t buy it. Then Phil walks in, shaking, and orders a double.
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Burning Field
Justin Lamberio went to a protest. Councilman Devereux is smiling, watching him get arrested. Now his attorney, Frank Delgado is worried.
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The Dragon Remembers
The dragon never fought. Never growled. Never breathed fire after the first few weeks being tethered to the chain. That was the hardest part for the Keeper to explain. The Dragon Remembers. Five Minute Observations.
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Spud, Hanover, Tweed, and Spiner: Tri-Cities Iowa
Floyd Patterson lost the dairy. Lost the land. Lost about eight years to the wrong people. Now he sits in a booth at Janice’s diner, nursing coffee and an unlit cigarette, glaring at anybody who tells him to put a sock in it. Some towns hold onto their people. Some people hold onto their towns.…
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Three Feet
Fran drives to the far end of the Walmart parking lot every time. The walk tells her more than any interview. Thomas Sudameyer IV has a Patek Philippe on his wrist and a 2:30 he keeps mentioning. He’s about to find out that how you treat a cashier, a cart pusher, and a stranger in…
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Theology Or Horror. Who’s Driving?
Patrick Holloway walked into that book club with four good points and a disciplined spine. Candice Pruett walked in with rubber bands and color-coded tabs. One of them was more prepared than they knew. The best lessons don’t come from conferences. They come from rooms like this. Theology or Horror. Who’s Driving? New post. Five…