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Dancer in the Water

September 22, 2012by Danny Ward 3 Comments

My flight arrived in Detroit at ten after four.  It was raining.  I was so nervous to see everyone that I threw up in the bathroom next to the gate.  […]

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The Nine

September 15, 2012by Danny Ward 2 Comments

  The screeching howl of grinding metal resonated through Father Jerba’s two-story, one bedroom house that sat on the north end of campus.  The crash and rumble startled him out […]

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The Sheriff’s Decline

September 11, 2012by Danny Ward 3 Comments

Sheriff Jetheford Reynolds had known for some time that his declining grasp on sanity would one day lead to his removal from office.  He had just hoped it would come […]

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The Friends We Keep

September 2, 2012by Danny Ward 2 Comments

As difficult as it was with her increasing size, Amanda refused to stop bringing Jeremy his lunch every day at twelve fifteen. It wasn’t so much done out of enjoyment, […]

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Ratings Game

August 17, 2012by Danny Ward 2 Comments

Marlene had never had any intentions of becoming a celebrity or even going on TV.  In fact, she hated TV and had since she was a child. But, when the […]

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The Sleeping Chair

May 25, 2012by Danny Ward 1 Comment

Martin Brewster, owner and operator of Martin Brewster Cooling in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, has a large, used, brown La-Z-Boy in the guest bedroom of his three bedroom home that he […]

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En Wittium Testivari

March 5, 2012by Danny Ward 7 Comments

It was singed into the desk deeper than I imagined possible in wood that thick. Although, I’m not exactly a wood expert. That’s an understatement. I can remember classes, from […]

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Danny Ward

Born in Detroit. Aged in New York. Matured in Sweden. The Swedish American is an online collection of my short stories.

Posts

  • 150 Days
  • A Diatribe: Fact vs. Opinion
  • A Letter to NYC City Council – June 12, 2020
  • I Vow to Stand
  • Out of Time
  • The Paper Boy
  • The Shift
  • Ten Times a Failure
  • Evelyn’s Brooch
  • Me at 36
  • The Namesake
  • A Mind
  • One Stands
  • Swallowed by Fear
  • To Jack
  • Happy Numbers
  • Everything’s Brighter
  • Grace Olive Kettridge
  • Surviving Breach
  • The Veil
  • Beyond Breach
  • Breach
  • Last Night
  • The Broken Sandals
  • A Son to his Father
  • The Lobby
  • Dark Hair and Green Eyes
  • The Retirement Party
  • Garbage Pick-Up and Removal
  • Empire’s Records
  • More Than a Love Story
  • The Accident
  • A Man and His Hat
  • The Last Time…
  • Melted Gold, Frogs Tongues, and Candy Bars
  • The Real Nightmare
  • Tom’s Wednesday Dinners
  • The Downfall
  • The Sunday Wine
  • Dancer in the Water
  • The Nine
  • The Sheriff’s Decline
  • The Friends We Keep
  • Ratings Game
  • Life, Sincerely…
  • The Less Than Curious Tale of Jiminy Bean
  • Curiously Strong
  • The First of Many
  • Waking Tears
  • Dinner For Three
  • Making Time
  • The Sleeping Chair
  • A Tree of His Own
  • Simple Story
  • En Wittium Testivari
  • The Piece Titled “The Crooked Man”
  • The Magician’s Death
  • Welcome to Sweden
  • Who is James Grey?
  • The Blogger
  • The Barista
  • The Interview
  • The Proposal

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