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I am a middle-aged businessman who has been writing short fiction over the past twenty years but only recently have begun publishing. In the late sixties I served in the US Navy then spent several years living in Israel.

I have 59 stories in one collection on the site. My stories have been read 29195 times and 51 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Collections

Barry's Short Fiction

My Stories

Guide for the Perplexed

First published on October 6, 2011 - 13:33  | 203 reads

I & Thou

First published on September 29, 2011 - 13:48  | 274 reads

The Lesbian Thespian

First published on September 20, 2011 - 17:27  | 453 reads

Cupid ain't Stupid

First published on September 6, 2011 - 18:19  | 560 reads

Hieronymus Bosch's American Landscape

First published on August 31, 2011 - 23:30  | 465 reads

A Pee and a Poop at Midnight

First published on August 23, 2011 - 19:48  | 589 reads

Nagel's Bagels

First published on August 11, 2011 - 14:32  | 353 reads

The Kidnapped Bride

First published on August 4, 2011 - 20:35  | 521 reads

The Fire Flower and the Bee

First published on July 28, 2011 - 17:03  | 487 reads

Circus Maximus

First published on July 22, 2011 - 15:55  | 331 reads

Damaged Goods

First published on July 14, 2011 - 15:01  | 447 reads

Leaky Pipes

First published on June 30, 2011 - 19:11  | 412 reads

Slatternly Sluts and Bodacious Bimbos

First published on June 16, 2011 - 20:11  | 615 reads

The Invisible Hand

First published on June 9, 2011 - 17:57  | 239 reads

The Janitor's Helper

First published on June 6, 2011 - 16:44  | 426 reads

Flyshit on Toilet Paper

First published on May 31, 2011 - 19:48  | 580 reads

Heathcliff

First published on May 24, 2011 - 14:38  | 531 reads

The Hypothetical Hitman

First published on May 17, 2011 - 20:36  | 514 reads

A Waltz Yes, a Heart No

First published on May 10, 2011 - 17:41  | 508 reads

Narcissus and Goldberg

First published on May 5, 2011 - 18:06  | 390 reads

The Herb Gatherer's Disciple

First published on April 27, 2011 - 14:55  | 813 reads

107 Degrees Fahrenheit

First published on April 15, 2011 - 20:25  | 608 reads

A Work in Progress

First published on April 11, 2011 - 19:45  | 415 reads

Failure to Launch

First published on April 4, 2011 - 20:25  | 634 reads

The Way Station

First published on March 25, 2011 - 17:55  | 554 reads

Plato's Parable of the Chainsaw

First published on March 16, 2011 - 18:34  | 417 reads

An Indecent Proposal Part II

First published on March 4, 2011 - 22:10  | 664 reads

An Indecent Proposal

First published on March 3, 2011 - 18:12  | 377 reads

Bawdybodies.com

First published on February 14, 2011 - 18:23  | 351 reads

Fun with Dick and Jane

First published on February 1, 2011 - 20:49  | 632 reads

Ghandi's Goat

First published on January 25, 2011 - 19:54  | 393 reads

Small Favors

First published on January 20, 2011 - 18:41  | 400 reads

Sextillions of Infidels

First published on January 10, 2011 - 21:51  | 599 reads

Kissing Cousins

First published on January 4, 2011 - 21:27  | 638 reads

Supermarket Sadhu

First published on December 13, 2010 - 21:53  | 449 reads

Six Catholics and an Atheist

First published on December 6, 2010 - 17:46  | 470 reads

The Reticent Storyteller

First published on November 29, 2010 - 20:19  | 404 reads

Legal Procedures

First published on November 16, 2010 - 20:21  | 352 reads

The Unfinished Face

First published on November 9, 2010 - 18:01  | 370 reads

The Prize

First published on October 26, 2010 - 17:20  | 636 reads

Tulipwood

First published on October 17, 2010 - 17:44  | 354 reads

The Abode of Infinite Compassion

First published on October 4, 2010 - 18:20  | 423 reads

Thyroids, a Love Story

First published on September 29, 2010 - 14:12  | 483 reads

Mustard Fields

First published on September 22, 2010 - 14:32  | 773 reads

Still Virgin

First published on September 14, 2010 - 17:26  | 515 reads

What would Junie B. Jones do?

First published on September 9, 2010 - 14:00  | 568 reads

Simple Hearts

First published on September 1, 2010 - 15:40  | 592 reads

Nothing as Whole as a Broken Heart

First published on August 22, 2010 - 18:42  | 514 reads

No More Piano Lessons

First published on August 19, 2010 - 19:57  | 594 reads

The Loveliest Girl

First published on August 12, 2010 - 19:26  | 588 reads

The Divined Comedy

First published on August 5, 2010 - 20:04  | 681 reads

Emergence

First published on July 30, 2010 - 19:30  | 457 reads

A Chinese Bar Mitzvah

First published on July 15, 2010 - 17:22  | 501 reads

No Bear, No Forest

First published on July 9, 2010 - 15:51  | 468 reads

Call of the Beguiled

First published on July 1, 2010 - 17:04  | 739 reads

A Trip to Tanglewood

First published on June 29, 2010 - 18:31  | 434 reads

The Cross-eyed Gypsy

First published on June 28, 2010 - 19:10  | 472 reads

Two Pockets

First published on June 24, 2010 - 18:55  | 488 reads

Just Like Dostoyevsky

First published on June 22, 2010 - 14:11  | 477 reads

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