What kind of gravity are we talking about here? This book of short stories explores physical, emotional and intellectual events that draw people into mutual orbit. Like life, it’s a work in progress. The table of contents below will be updated as stories are added, removed or completed and linked. Sign on to one of my Contact Information channels for notifications. Enjoy…
On the Page
The Cat’s Ass Trophy
Sitting in his deck chair, enjoying a ‘home run for God’, Martin is joined by Plato the cat, and decides to share the special moment with his wife, Ashley.
How to let a Sleeping Dog Lie
A husband’s love for his mourning partner is transmuted into a ritual that nurtures hope, proving you can make your bed while your dog’s lying on it.
Customer Service
Waiting in the queue, then trying to explain his technical glitch to a customer service rep gives Bob plenty of time to think.
Ways of Parting
The blur of familiar scenery outside the No. 75 Bus window is transformed for a widow en route from Victoria to Brentwood Bay, and back again, and again.
Cheese Pie with Cherries on Top
Reflections on the deeper meaning of Cherry-O-Cheese pie by a one-time alienated, bohemian freshman who didn’t know he was in love, or what that might mean.
Where do all the Dead Birds fall?
When asked by his five year old grand daughter where the all the dead birds fall Conrad can’t come up with an answer. But Amelia has things figured out.
Feet First in Love
A single cell contains a body’s complete genetic code, so image how much information is divulged in a big toe!
A State of Repose
Arthur contemplates the meaning of family photos, but can’t shake the image of his father’s final state of repose.
In The Works
How to Goose a Moose
Or the surprising things you can encounter when walking blindfolded with your finger pointing the way, guided by the voice of a joker.
The Genuine Item
Taking a think-break in an undisclosed location, Martin overhears a conversation he doesn’t need a Subtle-O-Meter to interpret.
The Movers and The Shakers
Would-be boyfriend Darren, and could-be girlfriend Carla learn the real politick of energy policy in a bipolar world.
The Emotometer makes the Big Time
Charles may seem a lowly Mac’s Convenience Store clerk but he dreams of hitting the big time on TED Talks.
Incompetent
Joseph decides the only way for him to adequately explain the world as he knows it is to seek a declaration of mental incompetence.
Crow’s Feet
Efren tries to understand his mother’s relationship to a murder of crows.
The Swap
Eric and Don change roles as father and son to evade detection by the pub police. and discover that their disguises are an interesting fit