My Brothers and I
A short story about adolescence, where a clever scheme is hatched in order to thwart the will of those who wish to oppress fun… by: T.E….
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Story Time
“He was more comfortable alone than with others, and since writing was a mostly solitary act, it fit him well.” A short story where social…
Stuck in the Muck
A short story that acts a reminder that what goes around, comes around… by: T.E. Cowell On James’s first day back on the job in…
Plans
“Nothing was ever lost, I thought. The past is in all of us, all of the time.” A deeply stirring short story about change, and the…
Back In America
A reflective work of nonfiction that muses about political apathy, while contemplating if mass protests can influence actual change… I arrived back in Seattle following…
Under Pressure
A short story where the acutely relatable goal of wanting to impress your parents unravels in dramatic fashion… by: T.E. Cowell1 When I was fifteen,…
Grandpa
by: T.E. Cowell “For all he knows he’ll never die. That’s exactly how I felt when I was his age.” A work of fiction that…
Oysters
by: T.E. Cowell “Jim felt like he was back in his twenties, young and reckless, full of raw emotion. He’d forgotten what it felt like…
Limitations
by: T.E. Cowell1 The chance for a new life, of comradeship, and of mental and physical well-being — a short story that suggests that when the…
The Cane
by: T.E. Cowell A work of fiction that revels not in the view from the top, but in the ascent… Tim hadn’t given any thought…
The Return
by: T.E. Cowell1 A work of flash fiction dripping with the thickly ozze of an unfounded paranoia… Emma left without a word. Jim had been…
Distractions
by: T.E. Cowell 1 “He can play the game because he doesn’t care, because to him, it really is just a game.” A short story where…