Tracy Shawn writes like a poet. The Grace of Crows is one of those stories that juxtapose the mundane with the artistic, bringing together a tale of hope and resilience that doesn't need anything …
Unexpected; A Short Story
Synopsis: A disgruntled man ends up paying a prostitute for sex after his girlfriend broke up with him. However, he ended up learning some stuff he didn’t want to know. The title of this story …
Ramblings of a Crazy Mind; A Short Story
Synopsis: This is the story of an unsuccessful and unsettled self-published writer with lots of mental issues. Previously published in Ghosts and Crazy People, this story took me five days to …
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Books My Toastmaster’s Friends Wrote
On a mildly sunny afternoon, somewhere in California. Nine days into the new year and everything seems right. I know, the use of the verb 'to seem' is nothing but the shadow of my propensity to …
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Finishing The Year With a Great Story
The year is almost done, it’s taking its last breaths, and the promises for a better and more productive year start to form in my head. The goal is the same, the approach may differ. I only have …
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Days of Celebration
Saturday, December 14, 2019 I spent some time with my Rotary friends, asking for donations for the Salvation Army outside Nordstrom: first, it was Frank and Diana from 10 to 12; Frank’s wife took …