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StoryThe Builders' Report (chapters 1 & 2) suzybazaar1011 years 11 months ago
StoryYesterday, When I Was Young billrayburn211 years 11 months ago
StoryTrain Wreck: Final Stop billrayburn411 years 11 months ago
StoryThe Dainty - Chapters 9 to END billrayburn511 years 11 months ago
StoryThe Dainty - Chapters 1-3 billrayburn811 years 11 months ago
StoryThe Dainty billrayburn411 years 11 months ago

My stories

Redford & Newman: Last Call (Part 2 of 3)

"Redford and Newman: Last Call", (Published here in 3 parts of approx. 3000 words each). The two great American actors meet on the night one year prior to Newman's death of lung cancer. They exchange barbs, sentimentality and wordless commentary over a final evening of cocktails and dinner, much as they did onscreen, though in this case, unedited and in real life. They reminisce about their lifelong friendship, their careers, their off-screen lives, their tragic shared history, their regrets and the women they never had. A discreet, lovely bartender complements the mood of intimacy.

Redford & Newman: Last Call (Part 1 of 3)

"Redford and Newman: Last Call", (Published here in 3 parts of approx. 3000 words each). The two great American actors meet on the night one year prior to Newman's death of lung cancer. They exchange barbs, sentimentality and wordless commentary over a final evening of cocktails and dinner, much as they did onscreen, though in this case, unedited and in real life. They reminisce about their lifelong friendship, their careers, their off-screen lives, their tragic shared history, their regrets and the women they never had. A discreet, lovely bartender complements the mood of intimacy.

Precocious

"Precocious", (approx. 1100 words). A ten-year-old boy recalls his life as an only child before, and then after his mom's death when he was eight.

Shank Beach

"Shank Beach" (approx. 1300 words). A defeated man assesses his life in an alcohol-fueled, pre-dawn reflection on a local beach.

A Life Unlived

“A Life Unlived”, (approx. 1140 words) about a father’s thoughts as he holds his three week old son who has just died, having never escaped the ICU of the hospital in which he was born.

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