Posts in Short Stories
Lucky Man: A Short Story

This is the story of an ordinary working man who’s just trying to get his job done, make a living, and have a life. Things aren’t really going that well for him and then one day fate takes a hand and things will never quite be the same again.

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Short StoriesLewis Snyder
P-Dog Tales (The World According to Isabella)

This is a story about my dog, Isabella. She was a rescue dog that my mother adopted in what turned out to be the last year of my mother’s life. I then inherited the dog. She was really shy and had never been outdoors. She continued as an inside dog, but I introduced her to walking in the outside world. Now we go out three times a day. Isabella is much more social, although she is still very attentive and will probably always be a cautious dog. With that in mind, it took her awhile before she told me her story. I’d like to share it with you.

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Short StoriesLewis Snyder
Waylon, Johnny, and Me: A Short Story

I was contacted in early 2020 regarding an anthology revolving around the resourcefulness of Nashville and Nashvillians. Regrettably, the year turned worse the further it progressed, and the idea had to be abandoned, at least in the short term. I had written this story for that anthology. It was intended to reflect the spirit of Nashville, as shown thru the floods and the tornado, and maybe the quarantine. The story was to be based upon hope, faith, survival, helpfulness, brotherhood, resilience, or perseverance. The theme was something lost, but not completely, and regained thru belief.

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