List of free stories I’ve posted on the “Some Stories” tab by word count.

People with Earplugs (750 words) I am sound.

Time Flies at Elsinore (1200 words) Hamlet at Forty.

The Soft Invasions (1300 words) Aliens can take their time.

The Common Knight (1500 words) A bus, a fantasy reader, another reality.

Borges, Yo! (2000 words) That time the great Argentine poet met that great Detroit rapper.

The Man in the Gorilla Suit (2000 words) Night shift on the production floor.

Right-O, Spock! (2900 words) Extricating young Jimmy Kirk.

Think of a Pink Ship (4000 words) Imagine an alien invasion—no, don’t!

Peas and Carrots (4000 words) Only their feelings were real.