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Category: 500 Words

  • The Dream of a Peaceful Morning

    The Dream of a Peaceful Morning

    At the lake house, I stand on the porch and drink my coffee as the morning mists hang above the water. This quiet solitude leads to unlocking the creative flow that drives the creation of magnificent written works. That is the dream – writing, the creation and sharing of imaginative thought, is the dream at…

  • Debugging Life

    Debugging Life

    I need the key to see life’s cause-and-effect. Why do life events play out the way they do? Is there anything we can ultimately control? What if…

  • Big Spoon, Little Spoon, That Other Spoon

    Big Spoon, Little Spoon, That Other Spoon

    My girlfriend and I have three sizes of the same type of spoon, so where did this guy come from?

  • 500 Words: The Man Makes a Stand

    Shots rang out in their wake, and bullets whistled a sonic symphony as they zipped by, embedding themselves in whatever interrupted their path. The man pushed his quarry forward, but captivity had sapped the elder man’s strength and senses. “You have a gun too, don’t you,” the older man asked, his question soaked in rhetorical…

  • 500 Words: The Man’s Return

    The train barreled into the station bringing with it a barrage of desert detritus. Those waiting at the stop shielded their faces with whatever filter was readily available. While the masses looked away and waited for the storm of dirt to settle, one man pushed through, his head tilted down to let the wide-brimmed hat…