The baseball came out of the pitcher's hand like a rocket. A blur of white looked like it was headed straight toward my helmet, but then curved down and away at the last minute. I swung forcefully, but I was comically late. The pitcher, a teammate of mine named Jay (name changed), broke out into... Continue Reading →
My bad boss
One bad boss and a near impossible project schedule drove one coworker I worked with years ago to take a long lunch and when he got back to the office to up and quit on the spot. Another boss drove a coworker to cry — okay, it isn't what you’re expecting. The coworker broke out... Continue Reading →
A teenage killer
(A version of this short story first ran in 2016.) The challenge with any writing is to tell a good story. I wrote this piece of short fiction a few years ago for a writing class to see if I could write — not as an adult male — but as someone else. You be... Continue Reading →
Looking for my readers
Oh, where did my readers go? I look at my WordPress statistics for the first half of the year and some of the numbers have declined. I say to myself in my best Cat in the Hat voice, minus Dr. Seuss' poetic rhythm, rhyming, and alliteration, of course, because I'm horrible at figuring out what... Continue Reading →

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