Short Stories

Broken Noses

Broken Noses

Broken Noses. “I can’t breathe,” I complained as I sat on the hard wooden stool, my elbows resting on my knees, head pointing abjectly through boxing gloves towards the canvas. Blood ran freely from my nose, my chipped lip; it pooled around my mouthguard before...

Han’s Bears

Han’s Bears

HAN’S BEARS   Admiralty Island 2006   As soon as we heard the growl, Hans released the safety catch on his rifle and in the same motion, swung it from its cradled position across his chest and pointed it toward the bushes. ‘Step back... slowly,’ he...

Disaster in Coal Town 1923

Disaster in Coal Town 1923

AN hour earlier and it might have been four hundred men.' 'Does that make it any less filthy or cruel?' The men were already dead when the whistle blew. All of Coal Town heard its terrible wail: those working underground in the snaking pits that undermined Coal Town...