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Sing Now of His Wrath
February 25, 2008 in 299 Words, Business, Entertainment, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Hero, Humor, Literature, Mythology, Religion, Short stories, Stories, Vengeance, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Myth, Vengeance | by davidbdale | 6 comments
Achilles has been making trouble down at the corner store. Yesterday, it was the coolers: they weren’t sufficiently chilling his beverages. We tried apologizing. He only fumed, and fixed us with his godlike glare, and gnawed his garments. Read the rest of this entry »
Full Body Massage
February 22, 2008 in 299 Words, Business, Entertainment, Fable, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Health, How-To, Immigrant, Politics, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Body, Bull, Business, Destiny, Epiphany, Generosity, Mercy, Moment, Myth, Shame, Touch | by davidbdale | 9 comments
He will be more difficult to satisfy than a man who only thinks he is a bull. That is Sunny’s opinion and she’s an expert. I keep my opinion to myself. I’ve not been in this country long enough to speak. With my diary, though, I’m fearless, and in my dreams, I revel in inexcusable deeds. Read the rest of this entry »
Father Figure
August 28, 2007 in 299 Words, Fable, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Patricide, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Child, Fable, Father, Murder, Myth | by davidbdale | 12 comments
He sits in a chair of his own design, hewn from local timber. Arms laid like lumber on the armrests, trunk immobile, head erect, eyes at rest, he sees and judges who passes before him. Mostly, that’s us. Read the rest of this entry »
Hemlock Kiss
July 27, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Philosophy, Short stories, Socrates, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Anger, Loss, Myth, Philosophy, Regret, Suicide | by davidbdale | 10 comments
That was your idea of an apology, old man?—that preposterous collection of sophistry and insults? Did you forget you were talking to a jury of 500 farmers? Athens is still a democracy, whatever you may wish. 251 farmers can stop all debate. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hero
June 17, 2007 in Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Hero, Mythology, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Child, Fable, Hero, Myth, Parent | by davidbdale | 11 comments
All but deaf to thunderstorms and smoke alarms, nothing seems to wake him, but the guttural rasps of our breathing and the rhythmic creaking of the box spring rouse him from his bed and lead him padding in his footsies to the primal scene. Read the rest of this entry »
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