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The Colonel’s Acres
March 13, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, novels, reading, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Eye Contact, Father, Loss, Love, Romance, Son, Wife | by davidbdale | 10 comments
Dear B—
You can’t imagine how a woman of substance has changed this house and all your boys, me included. Billy brought her, thinking she was his, but they’ve each found reasons to love her, features of you, I think, that they vaguely remember.
Short Superman
March 7, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, novels, reading, Short stories, Stories, Superman, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Comic, Hero, Humor | by davidbdale | 7 comments
Short Superman doesn’t know his own strength. He stands in the mirror stretching himself to his full height and wonders why his cape hangs limp across his shoulders. It should billow behind him.
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