Another short story has poured from my fingertips. This one concerns a strange natural phenomenon that isn’t explained by science.
The story might seem to be about a lighthouse and the refraction of physical light.
But it’s actually about how to magnify one’s heart light.
I’ve titled the story One Lone Candle.
Read it here.
I finished writing another very short story. It’s title Here We Go.
I suppose my own life experience is stirred into this small work of fiction. At least a few glimmers.
As our journey moves forward from youth to old age, who knows what we’ll encounter around every mysterious bend?
As we peer out of our eye-windows, what will we find? What will we learn?
You can read this dreamlike story by clicking here.
Sometimes I lie awake in the middle of the night, thoughts tumbling through the darkness. Sometimes an uninvited notion enters my skull.
You, too, might share this uncomfortable realization.
I recently published a short story. It’s titled Skeleton Forgiveness.
You can read my very short work of fiction by clicking here.
There are moments when this world seems suddenly, inexplicably transformed.
New light.
New perception.
New understanding.
A short story came to me yesterday while I sat in Balboa Park across from a splashing fountain. My eyes were resting on the broad scene.
So many people, engaged in every sort of activity. So much humanity. And at the center of it all, that everlasting fountain.
Shimmering and shining like magic.
I took out my pen and wrote down a few inspired words.
They might form a short story, or they might form a poem–I’ll let you decide. Read it here.
I wrote another short story. This one is titled The Firefly.
It’s about regret and redemption.
And hopelessness and release.
And hurt and freedom.
If you’d like to read this small work of fiction, click here.
Please forgive me. I’ve written another short story and now I’m going to tell you about it.
This brief work of fiction is titled Another Page. It’s all about life and memory. And those shining, magical things that fill one’s life and memory.
That ephemeral brightness.
You will probably recognize the central character. There’s a very good chance you know that person intimately.
To read the story, click here.
It’s time to celebrate Read Across America Day!
Today many hands, young and old, will be picking up a book or their favorite e-book reader. Many eyes and minds will be enjoying that uniquely human activity: reading!
Why is March 2 designated National Read Across America Day? Because it’s the birthday of Dr. Seuss!
As many of you know, Dr. Seuss was the pen name of Theodor Geisel, who made his home in La Jolla, a beautiful community in the city of San Diego.
Months ago during a walk through La Mesa, a city in San Diego’s East County, I took photos of a chalkboard that was standing on the sidewalk in front of Maxwell’s House of Books.
Please enjoy two quotes about the magic of reading!
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Would you like to read a few philosophical, very short stories?
They can be found on my website Short Stories by Richard!
