Curious stories for curious people

The author, smiling.

Welcome. While I try to find an agent or publisher, I’ve decided to publish a lot of short stories, poetry, and the odd incomplete novel (and why it has never been finished).

All of this is free for you to read.

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Before you head into the short stories, enjoy reading about how a lot of hard work can result in failure of a creative kind. This is the kind of failure that nourishes the imagination and results in new work. Check out the Sin Bin.

The Curious Stories

  • Dapper Dale

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    Tim Smith

    Kathleen and me had been up late talking. She talked about babies and I talked, through a bit of beer, about getting away, going abroad before babies. Getting away.

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