Short Stories

This page contains links to all the stories. If you prefer to download any of the stories to read later in either MS Word or PDF format, please click on the relevant letters W or P . A free copy of Adobe Acrobat PDF reader is available here.

"Big Boy Four"

This story relates to the trauma of separation and divorce, as seen by a child involved. It is a situation faced by so many children, daily. W  P

"George and the "Dragon"

A wife reflects on the relentless march of technology. Here again, many of us feel helpless to make our voices heard against the new developments, where decisions are made in our names, which seem to exclude us as individuals. W   P

"For Heavens Sake "

God seems to be irrelevant today for a lot of us. But is he really? This story examines, light-heartedly, what his reaction could be to the way the world is developing. W   P

"Love Lost and Found"

The lasting power of love - an important subject for a lot of us. What it means and what it could lead to is developed in this story which is largely true for a lot of us. W  P

"Waiting"

A short story to raise an increasingly "hot issue" today - the proliferation of sperm banks, and unconventional ways of procreation. The story raises the question that facts we don't know today doesn't mean that they won't be known tomorrow. The narrative is one man's voice, speaking in a cold room. W  P

Disclaimer: All persons, places, events and incidents described in these stories are the product of the author's imagination and are entirely fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or deceased, places, events and incidents is totally coincidental.

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