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Breach

November 6, 2014by Danny Ward 4 Comments

They argue with each other that they know the etchings on the wall, as they call them, are from before The Shift. I find that hard to believe, because the […]

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A Son to his Father

April 1, 2014by Danny Ward 1 Comment

  He closed his eyes and let the heat absorb into his cracked skin. His phone was still ringing but could barely be heard over the commotion. He felt people […]

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The Retirement Party

June 24, 2013by Danny Ward 3 Comments

The retirement party for Peterkin was quiet and short lived. Most barely knew he worked there and had no idea he was retiring or that someday they would as well. […]

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Garbage Pick-Up and Removal

April 19, 2013by Danny Ward 2 Comments

The speeding car bounced over what I think was a tree stump and I nearly lost control.  Robby screamed and jumped around in the passenger seat.  He kept mumbling about […]

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The Accident

February 26, 2013by Danny Ward 3 Comments

It really didn’t seem real.  The whole thing.  He should’ve been dead.  All of them.  It was so fast.  He knew the car had flipped twice, but for the life […]

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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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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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Life, Sincerely…

July 30, 2012by Danny Ward 13 Comments

Danny sits on the queen size bed that he had won in the divorce, staring at the tiny monitor of his daughter’s laptop. He sold his computer, along with most […]

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The Interview

October 19, 2011by Danny Ward 3 Comments

The soft, leather chair would be sticking to the backs of my legs had I worn what I wanted to instead of what my fiancé laid out for me. She […]

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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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