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You Can Call It a Love Story

September 8, 2022by Danny Ward 1 Comment

“It’s never a good time for a giant space lizard to attack.” That’s Embry’s clever response. And he is quite right; there’s never a good time for a giant space […]

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The Paper Boy

February 20, 2020by Danny Ward 1 Comment

“They called me a magnate tonight,” he said, as he ducked his narrow, hatted head below the bannister, searching for Meredith in the dusty attic.  “What?” “A magnate. They called […]

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The Shift

February 18, 2020by Danny Ward 2 Comments

I was sixteen when I felt the world shift for the first time. They all say I’m crazy but I know what I felt. I know what happened… or at […]

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Happy Numbers

July 30, 2015by Danny Ward 1 Comment

The discovery of the existence of Happy Numbers, on a July Tuesday morning last year, made Kevin McCormack smile and laugh. In fact, it simply put him over the moon – […]

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Everything’s Brighter

May 29, 2015by Danny Ward 2 Comments

The doctor warned Lawrence Waters that the first forty-eight hours would be the most difficult. It’s not so much the shock to the system, but as the body accustoms to […]

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Grace Olive Kettridge

May 22, 2015by Danny Ward Leave a comment

Grace Olive Kettridge, who goes by her middle name, was born on March 7th, 1982 at 4:43 pm at St. Agnes’ Hospital in Townsville, Montana. Yesterday was her 32nd birthday. […]

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The Veil

March 3, 2015by Danny Ward 3 Comments

And yet another year had passed for Russell. He was a bit taller. His facial hair had continued to fill in. He’d replaced one pair of shoes and three shirts. […]

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Beyond Breach

December 5, 2014by Danny Ward 1 Comment

He stares at the visual monitor like he expects to see something out there. He won’t. He tells me to slow down, afraid the engines will overheat and that we’ll […]

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Last Night

October 28, 2014by Danny Ward 3 Comments

My glass was half empty and the conversation was waning so I excused myself and made my way to the bar. The entire event was wearing on me, but Rogers […]

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The Broken Sandals

July 23, 2014by Danny Ward 2 Comments

It wasn’t anger that had kept Jeremy up most of the night. It was something different. Something he couldn’t quite describe when Mr. Larimore Jenkins III asked him why he […]

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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

  • You Can Call It a Love Story
  • 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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