Flash Fiction

When he was nine they took him to a doctor who removed the red bulb from his nose and tried to give him a normal one.

A story based on the memories my paternal grandfather shared with me in his later years..

In honor of the Labor Day holiday, I am posting this story which is an excerpt from a larger work in progress about my father's family that spans the years 1860 - the present. Papa is my great grandfather who worked 12+ hour grueling days as a longshoreman on the NYC docks and died while trying to provide for his family.

Discovering that America can indeed be beautiful.

Smiling Jack Doyle always sang at the pub after a few pints, but a command performance for the bishop on St. Patrick's Day changes things.

In her old age Mary remembers when Jesus was an infant and an old man foretold of her son's death.

Santa must deal with the shadowy CEO of a delivery company that is using drones to deliver presents and take over Christmas. .

With the prospect of no turkey for dinner on Thanksgiving in 1938, two boys come across a wild turkey in the woods near their home and set out with their father's shotgun to surprise their parents.

A kid dressed as a clown and an adult killer clown's paths cross on Halloween night.

“Explain how your mother's talking on an iPhone in a picture taken in 1977!”