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I have 35 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 24989 times
and 15 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Tony Scanlon
My stories
Horsemen
Horsemen Somewhere in an old magazine, a photograph: nomad horsemen pause on the edge of the Gobi, staring into white light on sand and alkali flats...
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- 697 reads
C: Ah, Lady
Ah, lady&;#8230; for Jannette Ah, lady, I have been benighted, fireless, by bitter springs since you once loved me; I have been alone where...
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- 708 reads
Battered Children
Battered Children Day after day in the suburbs of despair something in the hearts of ordinary people leaps out, flares into white consuming heat,...
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- 1008 reads
The Sun Bear
The Sun Bear In Pnom Penh, under the monsoon sky a Sun Bear cowers in a foetid cage rank with faeces and the stench of fear. Crazed with pain, eyes...
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- 719 reads
Frigate Birds
Frigate birds For two days we have watched the cyclone clouds building to the north and east: suddenly three frigate birds arrive over the narrow bay...
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- 664 reads