Tag: short stories

By Sean Dietrich The radio was on. WSM 650 AM. It was a summer night. The crickets were out. The garage door was open. Daddy was...

By Rick Moore I decided to skip my usual drive on Highway 98 and take Scenic Gulf Drive instead. The speed limit was twenty miles...

By Sean Dietrich Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, and summer was in full bloom in America. The nation experienced mostly beautiful weather.   The...

By Sean Dietrich “What is Easter?” the boy asked his grandfather.  The old man and boy sat on the front porch. That’s where people used to...

By Sean Dietrich “I started choking,” said Jennifer Yakubesan. It was a typical evening, some years ago. The family was eating supper before church, somewhere in...

By Sean Dietrich We were newlyweds, living in a grungy apartment. Each morning, I would wake before her. I would pass my morning hours writing poetry...

By Sean Dietrich The Third Day of Christmas. My three French hens must have gotten lost in the mail. The weather was a stolid 34...

By Sean Dietrich The letter came via email. “My dad died last year and I don’t really know what to do with myself anymore. My...

By Sean Dietrich When I was a kid, my mother believed in angels, but I didn’t. I was on the fence about angels. I didn’t...

By Sean Dietrich Sunrise on Lake Martin. I’m usually the first one awake. I rarely have any company in the mornings. I wake up with...