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Barry's Short Fiction

This is a colection short stories written over the past twenty years. Many of the plots take place in the same fictional community of Brandenberg,situated in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Stories in this set

107 Degrees Fahrenheit

First published on April 15, 2011 - 20:25  | 622 reads

A Chinese Bar Mitzvah

First published on July 15, 2010 - 17:22  | 506 reads

A Pee and a Poop at Midnight

First published on August 23, 2011 - 19:48  | 601 reads

A Trip to Tanglewood

First published on June 29, 2010 - 18:31  | 438 reads

A Waltz Yes, a Heart No

First published on May 10, 2011 - 17:41  | 516 reads

A Work in Progress

First published on April 11, 2011 - 19:45  | 418 reads

An Indecent Proposal

First published on March 3, 2011 - 18:12  | 385 reads

An Indecent Proposal Part II

First published on March 4, 2011 - 22:10  | 672 reads

Bawdybodies.com

First published on February 14, 2011 - 18:23  | 355 reads

Call of the Beguiled

First published on July 1, 2010 - 17:04  | 744 reads

Circus Maximus

First published on July 22, 2011 - 15:55  | 334 reads

Cupid ain't Stupid

First published on September 6, 2011 - 18:19  | 573 reads

Damaged Goods

First published on July 14, 2011 - 15:01  | 456 reads

Emergence

First published on July 30, 2010 - 19:30  | 470 reads

Failure to Launch

First published on April 4, 2011 - 20:25  | 646 reads

Flyshit on Toilet Paper

First published on May 31, 2011 - 19:48  | 589 reads

Fun with Dick and Jane

First published on February 1, 2011 - 20:49  | 644 reads

Ghandi's Goat

First published on January 25, 2011 - 19:54  | 398 reads

Guide for the Perplexed

First published on October 6, 2011 - 13:33  | 207 reads

Heathcliff

First published on May 24, 2011 - 14:38  | 541 reads

Hieronymus Bosch's American Landscape

First published on August 31, 2011 - 23:30  | 474 reads

I & Thou

First published on September 29, 2011 - 13:48  | 278 reads

Just Like Dostoyevsky

First published on June 22, 2010 - 14:11  | 481 reads

Kissing Cousins

First published on January 4, 2011 - 21:27  | 650 reads

Leaky Pipes

First published on June 30, 2011 - 19:11  | 422 reads

Legal Procedures

First published on November 16, 2010 - 20:21  | 356 reads

Mustard Fields

First published on September 22, 2010 - 14:32  | 789 reads

Nagel's Bagels

First published on August 11, 2011 - 14:32  | 365 reads

Narcissus and Goldberg

First published on May 5, 2011 - 18:06  | 395 reads

No Bear, No Forest

First published on July 9, 2010 - 15:51  | 471 reads

No More Piano Lessons

First published on August 19, 2010 - 19:57  | 607 reads

Nothing as Whole as a Broken Heart

First published on August 22, 2010 - 18:42  | 521 reads

Plato's Parable of the Chainsaw

First published on March 16, 2011 - 18:34  | 425 reads

Sextillions of Infidels

First published on January 10, 2011 - 21:51  | 608 reads

Simple Hearts

First published on September 1, 2010 - 15:40  | 598 reads

Six Catholics and an Atheist

First published on December 6, 2010 - 17:46  | 475 reads

Slatternly Sluts and Bodacious Bimbos

First published on June 16, 2011 - 20:11  | 634 reads

Small Favors

First published on January 20, 2011 - 18:41  | 405 reads

Still Virgin

First published on September 14, 2010 - 17:26  | 521 reads

Supermarket Sadhu

First published on December 13, 2010 - 21:53  | 464 reads

The Abode of Infinite Compassion

First published on October 4, 2010 - 18:20  | 428 reads

The Cross-eyed Gypsy

First published on June 28, 2010 - 19:10  | 478 reads

The Divined Comedy

First published on August 5, 2010 - 20:04  | 687 reads

The Fire Flower and the Bee

First published on July 28, 2011 - 17:03  | 498 reads

The Herb Gatherer's Disciple

First published on April 27, 2011 - 14:55  | 820 reads

The Hypothetical Hitman

First published on May 17, 2011 - 20:36  | 523 reads

The Invisible Hand

First published on June 9, 2011 - 17:57  | 244 reads

The Janitor's Helper

First published on June 6, 2011 - 16:44  | 434 reads

The Kidnapped Bride

First published on August 4, 2011 - 20:35  | 529 reads

The Lesbian Thespian

First published on September 20, 2011 - 17:27  | 460 reads

The Loveliest Girl

First published on August 12, 2010 - 19:26  | 599 reads

The Prize

First published on October 26, 2010 - 17:20  | 648 reads

The Reticent Storyteller

First published on November 29, 2010 - 20:19  | 409 reads

The Unfinished Face

First published on November 9, 2010 - 18:01  | 375 reads

The Way Station

First published on March 25, 2011 - 17:55  | 562 reads

Thyroids, a Love Story

First published on September 29, 2010 - 14:12  | 488 reads

Tulipwood

First published on October 17, 2010 - 17:44  | 362 reads

Two Pockets

First published on June 24, 2010 - 18:55  | 497 reads

What would Junie B. Jones do?

First published on September 9, 2010 - 14:00  | 577 reads