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MICROSTORIES

When I'm not writing essays or songs, I'm writing tiny stories, usually fewer than 500 words. Click any of the titles below to read them. Dates that I wrote the story are included, when I remembered to write them down.

Sweet stories



The Artist and the Cloud

A tale about finding the means of creativity
The Basset Hound and the Flying Squirrel (July, 2016)
A dog learns to stretch her wings
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The Basset Hound and the Pig
A chance encounter leads to a reevaluation of career choices
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The Boulders, the Geologist, and the Jewelry Designer
A happy ending for a romance, millions of years in the making
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The Bull, The Squirrels, and the Crayons
Every artist sees things differently, and just needs to find the right tools
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Care and Feeding
On the necessity of keeping a muse well nourished
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The Chef and the Mold
Anyone can cook...even a fungus
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The Children's Librarian and the Sacred Cat
The rewards of a good deed, and the power of myth
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The Cicada Who Did Something With His Life
About breaking with family tradition
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Composition (26 May 2016)
Why an artist might want to consider thinking beyond the visual
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The Corgi and the Chicken
For my wonderful cousin, Angela Price (check out her website here), a story of an unlikely artist finding inspiration from an unlikely source.
The Cottonwood and the Artisan (2 February 2018)
Friendship in the desert
The Couple and the Guitar Strings (2 June 2016)
On the necessity of couples discovering who they each are so that they can better discover each other, and make beautiful music together
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The Depression Limit (8 August 2013)
A most unusual traffic stop
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The Elephant Without Any Tusks
A celebration of great teaching
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The Flower and the Vine
Storytelling, horticulture, and love
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Hermes 3000
On the ability of typewriters--and Morse Code--to bring people together
How Are You Doing? (Written 22 July, 2016)
The simple grace of simply caring about another person
Matchbook (26 January 2018)
The creation of an artifact
​The Mouse and the Apartment With the Music in its Walls
Love lost, and happiness regained
The Musk Ox and The Hardcore Drummer
A new way of looking at slam dancing
Pluto and the Interplanetary Mean Girls
An astronomy lesson about why astronomers don't call Pluto a planet, and a celebration of artistic creativity...all in one tiny little story
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Rewards (Written 27 July, 2016)
A laboratory mouse, with the unwitting help of a psychology student, finds his true calling
The Rhythm Guitar Picks (12 January 2018)
Plectrum romance​
Shopping Mall Madness (Written 30 July, 2016)
A group of whip smart girls rewrite the rules of a sexist board game
Sirius
Astronomy and dogs, combined
The Songbird and the Housefly
The quest for perfect pitch
Tag (29 December 2017)
A quiet revolution in the world of fox hunting
Waiting
The answers will come
​The Wasp and the Summer Tanager
An insect, with the help of her natural predator, finds her literary voice

decidedly unusual stories


All In One
A cautionary tale about a seemingly perfect product
​Author Visit
A writer's presentation at an elementary school library doesn't go quite as planned
Big Ideas (14 December 2017)
Big ideas. Big heads.
The Biochemist and the Mouse (1 June 2016)
In which man and rodent contemplate the true meaning of success and failure
Bowling Trophies
About life--or, at least, reanimation--after death
Character
A writer finds his inspiration, with horrifying results
Cold Storage
A decidedly intriguing cost cutting measure for traveling musicians
The Crossing Guard and the Electrons (23 May 2016)
Traffic control at the atomic level
Custody
Divorce mediation among the entomologists. And by the way, the things they mention in the story--The Schmidt Sting Index and the South American Bullet Ant ritual--are true
Driving Range
A story involving golf, the Merchant Marines, and a decidedly unusual pastime.
Eternal Links
A meditation on the perfect golf course
Flesh and Blood
A tiny little horror story about Medusa
Friction
On the virtues of snail slime
Good Hearty Italian Fare (3 June 2016)
The virtues of good cooking, and dire consequences of fast food
Heroic Illusions
On the need for fewer alpha males
Jabroni
The epic conflict between gods, and professional wresting, all in one little story
Last Day (written 8 December 2017) 
Old Age, Nostalgia, Love, Music, and Generation X 
​The Memory Palace
A celebration of mnemonics
The Mind Sanitizer
The danger of keeping things a bit too clean
Nap Time
A most unusual employee team building initiative
Onward (Written 3 June, 2016)
On the day of her retirement, a teacher makes her students, literally, soar
The Purple Dot of Doom
Parenting in the age of artificial intelligence and robotics
Reality
Life on the assembly line in the not too distant future
Registrar
It is unwise to two time a university administrator
Respect for the Dead (Written 25 July, 2016)
The need to honor the deceased changes a cemetery completely
Roadies
A tale of musical rebellion
The Rock Star 
A change in career
Shedding Skins (19 January 2018)
One personal rhythmic evolution
The Sugar King
Beware of licorice flavored gummy bears
Surplus Merchandise
A novel use for leftover CDs
Survivors
Impending disaster makes two people realize they have quite a lot in common
Sync
On the quiet magic of windshield wipers cycling to the beat of a song
Testing
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The future of standardized examinations
That Song
On knowing someone's future
Theo and Me (Written July, 2016)
Religion based on situation comedies
The Virtual Contractor (25 May 2016)
The future of Minecraft
Virtual Virtual Virtual Reality (6 June 2016)
Falling down the rabbit hole of imaginary worlds
Yes Men (Written 15 July, 2016)
The creation of celestial bodies, one sniveling sycophant at a time
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