Reading Short Stories: Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman

The Once Upon a Time Challenge that I recently signed up for includes, among other things, reading of a novel by Neil Gaiman Neverwhere, and I felt it would be appropriate to kick off my series of posts for the challenge with one of Gaiman’s short stories, Troll Bridge. The story begins when a seven-year [...]

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Short Story: The Secret Recipe

“Today, my boy, I’ll give you your last lesson. I am getting old and frail; my health is no longer what it used to be even 80 years back; it’s time for me to move on. You want to say something? You have my leave to speak.” “But where would you go, roshi? Isn’t this [...]

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Casper (a short story)

I wrote this short story for my creative writing class. The rule was to use an opening line suggested by the instructor. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. ——————————————————————————————— Chris began to question the wisdom of this trip. First, nothing went to plan. Second, his plane crashed. It all [...]

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