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Bryan's Short Stories
My short stories that are of more of a literary nature.
Birthday Puppy
Christi imbibes absinthe on her 30th birthday. Then, she and two friends hitchhike to an art opening and party. Along the way, her sense of time becomes discarded on the cutting room floo...
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Billy Remembered
Darcy is pursued by two drunk New York punks through the streets of Key West, all the while remembering the death of her brother Billy at the hands of her father. Why did the cemetery pro...
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Not Fishing
A city man visits an old friend in Oklahoma. He tries to reconnect to his most distant and least good and only remaining friend. Too bad his friend has cancer and a protective wife. Too b...
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Luciana Bell Unrung
The interviewer discovers that the old man being interviewed was the pilot who flew the poet Juan Bola to safety. During the interview we find out about the love and loss of Juan and how ...
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Tunnel Cruise
Old man Duff wonders how he can leave the retirement home to go on a cruise. He dances with Ellen who is clumsy and leaves him on the sofa where he comes to an important realization.
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Number Five
Jerry bunts accidentally just as he forgot his name. During an afternoon softball game he runs the bases in search of his name and while running discovers his purpose.
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Ham Sandwich
Bob lost his wife but continues to make her a ham sandwich daily. This let to smelly garbage, a caring neighbor, and a realization about how much he really missed his wife.
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Jack Be Nimble
A high-school football player witnesses his dad jump over their house. Is this a case of a middle-aged crisis?
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Previously Lost Mother
Harry searches for his long lost Mother in Las Vegas. He stops in a Starbucks to cool off and finds far more than he ever expected.
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The Happiest Man In The World
Billy saves the day. A boy is kidnapped and Billy (who is what used to be called a retard) spots the bad guy who took the kid. This story takes place in the 1930's and shows how Billy was...
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Cry Lion
A young boy had his lunch eaten by a lion and goes on to learn an important lesson about truth and justice.
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The Note
A note under the front door welcome mat caused Ellen to remember the day her husband shot her lover with a rented gun. A howling mat, Halloween and an odd way to remember the past.
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Outside Lands
Two guys sit with their girl friends, having just returned from the Outside Lands Concert, and compared notes about what they just saw. While eating cupcakes, differences of opinion becom...
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Remembered Stitches
Lola remembered a warning from her father and why men always left her when she wounded herself.
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