Portfolio Category: Short Stories

Bottoms Up The bar inside the hotel provides a still environment for its guests that contrasts with the activity of life on the outside. In here, calendars are unnecessary. The clock over the bar reflects “Bar Time.” There are no windows in the bar. Consequently without windows there is no natural light, nor any distractions…

Unleashed The rumor of a beach party took Dave and me on a long odyssey through the small villages that populated the northern end of Okinawa. It is mountainous country and the heavily forested vegetation is so thick that you could barely see what was in front you. The roads are so primitive and narrow…

The Fight Standing in the back of the auditorium wearing a red and gold robe with the Marine Corps emblem on the back, I watch the referee give instructions to the two fighters in the ring. This bout would be the first of six for the evening. Filling the vast Fieldhouse, where the fights occurred,…

The Suitcase My phone rang one night after midnight and once I picked up the receiver, I heard a hysterical woman apologizing and trying to tell me something about the police and news cameras. Once I got her to calm down, I realized she was the owner of the board and care facility where my…