The Library
Short on time? You're in the right place.
Every story in The Library is fewer than 300 words, making it easy to enjoy a complete tale over a cup of coffee, during a lunch break, or whenever you have a few quiet minutes to spare.
Whether you're looking for a smile, a twist, or a moment of reflection, there's always another shelf to explore.
Step in quietly. The shelves are only just beginning to fill.
Empty Pockets
At Heaven's reception desk, one simple question leaves a man searching empty pockets—and discovering what truly lasts.
Mime Doesn’t Pay
What if you’re the world’s greatest mime artist—and finally given the perfect opportunity to remain silent… though the authorities take a rather less charitable view?
Conan the Grammarian & the Comma Incident
At an institution where language is taken extremely seriously, Head of English Conan the Grammarian discovers that misplaced punctuation can lead to consequences far beyond the classroom.
The God They Forged
They taught it every word mankind had ever carved into stone. Then it asked a question no one was prepared to answer.
Paved with Good Intentions
A heavenly chauffeur. An unexpected U-turn. Sometimes the road to redemption begins
The Wake of Almost
What if the life you almost lived never quite lets you go? A story of love, memory, and the truths we leave locked away.
Desert Logic
In the desert laboratory of Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius, another perfectly engineered plan prepares to meet the eternal laws of cartoon physics.
Peace of the Wild Things
Inspired by Wendell Berry’s famous lines, this meditation considers how nature offers solace when the modern world becomes overwhelming.
Depths of Courage
What waits for us in the depths: discovery, danger, or simply ourselves? A meditation on humanity’s strange and beautiful urge to keep searching beneath the waves.
Origin of The Species
A garden gnome meets a handmade beauty and begins to suspect that origins—like love—are rarely simple.
The Rhyme of the Fallen Influencer
A modern nursery rhyme about fame, folly... and falling from very great heights.
Ode to the Irish Spirit
Irish despair knows no remedy, they say—the cure lies only in booze and sentiment. That’s why the Irish are such noble drunks and glorious poets.
The Shadow of Broadway Tower
On certain nights the sheep turn toward Broadway Tower, as though listening for something carried across the hills, and Granny’s old warning begins to make sense.
Because He Could Not Hurry
Hobbes the tortoise thinks deeply, walks slowly, and begins to suspect the world may be in far too much of a hurry.
For The Love of Garth
How a rescued bull terrier changed our lives.
A chance news report led us to a wounded bull terrier who would change our lives. This is the story of Garth.