A trip home to visit his parents brings with it a flood of memories for Michael Stokowski.
[Random side notes: I believe this is the first true short story I ever wrote. Also, it is the only story I can think of inspired by one of my dreams…]
Content Advisory: A family deals with the fallout of a suicide. Mention of drug addiction following serving in the Vietnam War.
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Credits:
Music: Ergo Phizmiz and Kai Engel.
Story: Christopher Gronlund.
Moon Image: Luca Huter.
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Maybe it’s not a bad idea to write more often short stories 🐻😊
In many ways, short stories are my favorite things to write. With them, I can go anywhere.
When it comes to novels, I try to push myself and what I can do (not that I don’t do that with short stories as well). But with novels comes more time looking at everything–which is nice in its own way. But I tend to not be as all over the place with novels.
With short stories, I love taking a little idea and running with it…or dedicating the time to something much more quirky than I’d put into a novel.
Of course, with a full time job and novels to write, I sometimes don’t get the time to focus on short fiction that I’d like to have. If it’s a day with little writing time, novels tend to get the attention.
But I have a couple stories lined up and a couple in various states. So I hope to have at least a steady release schedule, here, through the summer and into autumn.
Thank you for listening!