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Category: Tales of Misadventure

Short stories where life deals out mishaps and the best laid plans go wrong…

Short story: THE SNAP SHOT

August 1, 2023

Tales of Misadventure 24th February 1991, South Africa The medication had made Albie dream.  A white bird was caught inside his heart and was fluttering to get out.  He wanted to open a little door on his body so that it could escape, but he couldn’t find the key.  The panicked bird was becoming desperate, … More Short story: THE SNAP SHOT

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Short story: VANISHING POINT   

July 30, 2023

Tales of Misadventure The Anegada Drop, Atlantic Ocean, 3 miles NNE of Anegada, British Virgin Islands, September 14, 2007 As he approached the yacht, Leroy Harrington felt growing unease.  Even the sense of space, sapphire and horizon of this Caribbean morning failed to diminish his trepidation, because what he saw before him just wasn’t right.  … More Short story: VANISHING POINT   

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