Short Stories
Short Stories – Table of Contents
Posted by Joshua on Jan.19, 2010, in the Short Stories section.
“Renai-shousetsu“
Synopsis ~ A short fairy tale that takes place in fuedal Japan.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Short and sweet, no metaphors… a romantic and to the point fairy tale.
“Time Spent“
Synopsis ~ A short story about two people who live hundreds of mile apart, and the one special day they had to spend with each other.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ It is a story about someone I used to know and someone I want to get to know. It’s a story to warn about falling in love with an idea.
“The List“
Synopsis ~ A story about the lives of two men; one man who achieved a successful life of wealth, and the other who will help him complete the one thing he never managed to do.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ While writing a list of life goals, I wondered what other, harder working people would have written on their lists.
“Siren’s Song“
Synopsis ~ A young man’s search for a singer he saw only for a moment.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ While walking through the streets of Sydney, I found a very talented female singer. The bar tender forced me to leave, and when I returned later, the singer was already gone, but for some reason, I could not get her out of my head.
“On The Possibilities Of A Selective Memory“
Synopsis ~ A man who doesn’t remember his past, wakes up under an unfamiliar ceiling, covered in blood.
Content ~ suicide, death, immortality, breaking up
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Inspired largely by Prototype Chan’s idea, I went through the day in the life of a man who has no memory of killing himself.
“Saving Graces“
Synopsis ~ A boy traveling through a foreign city, meets a collection of odd people.
Content ~ abuse, mild violence
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Alone in Sydney, this is a true story of events unfolding one night between ‘The Rocks’ and ‘Circular Quay’.
“A Stranger Named Samantha“
Synopsis ~ Two people meet in an electronics store, and share a moment.
Content ~ death
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Killing time in a Best Buy one afternoon, I saw one of the most magnetic women I had ever seen, which still haunts me to this day.