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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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More Than a Love Story

March 16, 2013by Danny Ward 8 Comments

They met at a wedding.  It was his best friend and her cousin.  It was 1978.  At the time, he was living in San Diego.  She was working through her […]

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The Downfall

October 22, 2012by Danny Ward 3 Comments

I can remember the feeling of wanting to do things, enjoying the company of people, wondering what adventure each new day would bring. There was a time I would live […]

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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 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 Less Than Curious Tale of Jiminy Bean

July 17, 2012by Danny Ward 4 Comments

The sordid half-truths that have been misrepresented as fact regarding the younger years of Jiminy Bean’s incredible life did not all come from his mother.  She was a seamstress of […]

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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.

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  • 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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