Fiction Stories

The Letter I Almost Threw Away
I used to tell people my father was dead.It was easier than explaining the silence.He wasn’t violent—but his absence bruised ...

The Watch He Left Behind
Part 1: The Drawer That Shouldn’t Have Opened The drawer was stuck. It had always been stuck.But today, something in ...

Debt of Honor
He never asked to be called a hero.Not in the mud, not in the jungle, and certainly not fifty years ...

The Long Way Home
He came home from a war no one wanted.Off the bus in San Francisco, a tomato hit his chest before ...

The Dog Who Stayed
Part 1: The One I Didn’t Want to Remember I forgot the man’s name, but not his face.He got killed ...

Sonny & The Letter
Part 1: The Letter With No Return Address He hadn’t opened his mail in days. Bills, junk, pension updates—all the ...

Tom Harris & the Mutt
Tom never talked much about Vietnam.But there was one story — the one with the dog.Not the heroic kind. This ...

The Dog That Never Barked
He thought the dog would get him killed.One bark — that’s all it would’ve taken.Instead, the mutt led him into ...