Short Stories

  • A Small, Sad Dwarf Part 3

    A Small, Sad Dwarf Part 3

    Catch up on the story: Part 1 and Part 2 A small sad dwarf found an abandoned home. What will he find inside? The small dwarf entered the house. Creaking, the door swung shut behind him. It was dark inside, but his eyes were slowly adjusting. He thought he saw…

  • The Very Bad Detective, Part 1

    The Very Bad Detective, Part 1

    The flashbulb went off, illuminating the scene with a grizzly, stark light. Blood splattered the walls like a sick Jackson Pollock. And that was the nicest thing about it. The less said about the entrails, the better. Police officers and detectives gingerly stepped around the room, collecting what might be…

  • A Small, Sad Dwarf Part 2

    A Small, Sad Dwarf Part 2

    A small sad dwarf sat at the end of the world. He remembered his name… now what? There, at the end of the world, a small sad dwarf stroked the flower in his coat. The world around him was bleak and dark. Smoke floated away in an army of clouds.…

  • A Small, Sad Dwarf Part 1

    A Small, Sad Dwarf Part 1

    A small sad dwarf sat at the end of the world. Everybody else’s time had come… why not his? A small, sad dwarf sat on a stump, looking out on the rolling landscape in front of him. He didn’t remember his name or much of anything. A black army of…

  • The Ghost Bride, A Robert Asher Story

    The Ghost Bride, A Robert Asher Story

    Story by Adam Casalino June 1, 1952: Jonathan Lewis paced back and forth in his room.  For the fifth time that morning, he checked himself in the mirror.  The flower in his lapel was crooked.  His hair wasn’t right.  The suit felt baggy, then too tight.  There wasn’t enough air…