Fiction / Short Stories
[Short Story] - Confessions of a Closet Mime
Sunday, January 13th, 2008In 2002, I decided to come out of the closet… artistically speaking. I had always wanted to do some sort of crazy performance art, and walking around town as Taceo the Mime gave me a fun new creative outlet. This story was a natural extension of my experiences, and most of it is based on [...]
[Short Story] - Josh
Sunday, January 13th, 2008This is one of my favorite stories that I’ve written, because it really speaks to the heart of the beliefs we cling to. I used to be a hardcore Christian, but I found myself dwelling more and more towards the outskirts of the faith as I dealt with small-minded people who were more concerned with [...]
[Short Story] - Diary of a Future World Leader
Sunday, January 13th, 2008When I was a freshman in college, I was interested in the idea of the Antichrist, likely because there were a lot of people saying that the world was about to end, and those stupid “Left Behind” novels were widely available. Sadly, they had a really lame Antichrist character who was so ridiculously obvious that [...]
[Short Story] - The Christmas Visitor
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007I wrote this story for my Christmas cards, but I couldn’t get it to fit into the envelope. It’s just as well; people probably wouldn’t have been happy with me for this little tale, which seems sad on the surface, but which is really about the deepest kind of Christmas charity one can offer.