Werner
The Same Leaf (a short story)
This story was first published in Spot Literary Magazine, Volume 5, No. 2, in December of 2011. You can view it on-line at: http://www.spotlitmagazine.net/6.html Evelyn leaned closer and looked at him as if she suspected a dry joke. “What you mean to say is that it looked like the one you saw when you were [...]
“Ditch Lilies” (a short story)
This story was first published in 2011 in Terrain.org. To view the story online visit: http://www.terrain.org/fiction/28/low.htm Ditch Lilies While we were having lunch on the patio, my father told me that when he was younger—about my present age I thought he was saying—he’d tried it the other way around, several times, but it had never [...]
“Found Pen” and “Here” (two very short stories)
These two stories were first published in Slow Trains.” To view them online visit: http://www.slowtrains.com/vol6issue2/lowvol6issue2.html The Found Pen I found a blue pen on the sidewalk near the college. Unlike the slender, drafting models I favor, it had a plumpish barrel, a turquoise finish flecked with silver, and a fat nib from which vivid blue [...]
“Coyote” (a short story)
This story was first published in “Terrain.” To view the story online visit: http://www.terrain.org/fiction/22/low.htm Karl’s heart exploded when his coyote suggestion was accepted. Over the years he must have put thirty ideas into the Innovation Box – which was first a wooden Suggestion Box, and then an electronic Idea Box – and he’d never gotten [...]
“Fever Tree” (a short story)
This story was first published in“Lily Literary Review.” To view the story online visit: http://freewebs.com/lilylitreview/3_12low.html I met a woman at a cocktail party who, when I mentioned that I was taking an adult education course in painting, told me she’d taken an adult education course in writing many years earlier, and a short story she’d [...]
“The Prophet of Essaouira” (an excerpt from the novel)
The Prophet of Essaouira Pronounced S-Oh-Air-Uh – 1 – Jesus, what time is it? A few minutes past noon. That was the midday bell that woke you. Noon! Already! In fact, we crossed the first time zone this morning, so it’s 1:00 back in the Canaries. Jesus. How do you feel? Not good! Miserable! No, [...]
“Not Brian” (a very short story)
This story was first published in “Pedestal.” To view the story online visit: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/gallery.php?item=2143&fl=1&title=not%20brian&author= Her goal was to be able to look at Brian again. Not just to look at him, and handle basic transactions, for she could do that much, but to look at him without the wall between her eyes and her heart. [...]
“False Dawn” (a very short story)
This story was first published in “Wilderness House Literary Review,” Volume 2.4, and then in print in the “Best of Wilderness House, Volume 2.” It is available as a PDF online at: http://www.whlreview.com/no-2.4/fiction/WernerALow.pdf False Dawn Victor was awakened by the sound of chirping birds – hundreds of birds, of mixed species, in the trees and [...]
My Stone House (a snippet)
This story was first published in “TPQ.” It can be viewed online at: http://tpqonline.org/stonehouse.html My Stone House I moved here from an area of wooden houses, looking for a more grounded base as I near the end of my time. Down there, closer to the cities, I could barely sleep – even on windless nights [...]