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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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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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Dark Hair and Green Eyes

August 23, 2013by Danny Ward 3 Comments

It wasn’t so much that William hated his siblings. He had simply come to the conclusion that there was no way they were related. He was the only brunette in […]

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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 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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A Man and His Hat

February 8, 2013by Danny Ward 2 Comments

  Had he had any left, Cravitz Lewis would’ve covered his pillow in tears.  To return home after a particularly long week away, ready to get to work on his […]

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The Last Time…

December 10, 2012by Danny Ward 4 Comments

He appeared before me after a long day behind the bar. I was walking home and had little focus on what I was saying to myself. I had become so […]

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Melted Gold, Frogs Tongues, and Candy Bars

November 21, 2012by Danny Ward 4 Comments

Tammy Allinson and Jeremy Almar walk home from school together every day.  They have been best friends all their lives.  Tammy lives at number 17 Thompson Drive.  Jeremy lives at […]

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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 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.

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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