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150 Days

August 2, 2020by Danny Ward 2 Comments

Today marks 150 days since the last time I felt external physical touch of any kind. It’s an incredibly strange sensation to describe, and I’m sure there are millions out […]

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The Namesake

July 3, 2017by Danny Ward 1 Comment

Here I sit and recount the final tale of the original Ethan Weatherby. I didn’t know him personally. I‘ve only collected that which can still be discovered from those that […]

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Short Stories

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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Short Stories

The Lobby

December 21, 2013by Danny Ward 2 Comments

I had been to the Toronto Airport once years prior and had a horrible experience in which they lost my flight.  Seems an impossible thing to have happen, but it […]

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Short Stories

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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Short Stories

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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Waking Tears

June 17, 2012by Danny Ward 2 Comments

The vivid dreams of Timothy Sweath (preferably pronounced Sweet) are vastly documented in 51 spiral bound notebooks that lie in a box in his closet below his dress pants. He […]

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Simple Story

April 1, 2012by Danny Ward 4 Comments

Break ups. They are painful. They suck, for lack of a better word. Joe’s being broken up with right now. He doesn’t know it yet. She’s just started talking about […]

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The Piece Titled “The Crooked Man”

November 30, 2011by Danny Ward 4 Comments

There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked six-pence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse. […]

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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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