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by Bryan Costales
(5 of 47)
A high-school football player witnesses his dad jump over their house.
Is this a case of a middle-aged crisis?
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Hot Bath (1154 reads, 613 days, 1 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(6 of 47)
A filthy older couple bargains for a hot bath and a meal using olives and the husband's wedding ring. How could the shop owner's dead father affect the bargain?
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by Bryan Costales
(7 of 47)
The Rapture happens while Crystal is buying a pack of cigarettes in a corner liquor store. But the Rapture happens in a manner that is unexpected.
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by Bryan Costales
(8 of 47)
Bob was still weak from a heart attack when he tries to convince his
wife to go to Paris without him. Instead he meets Mr. Death in Safeway.
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by Bryan Costales
(9 of 47)
Jake and his girlfriend Lady disagree about the meaning of rehab and what it means to be five days sober. Could he be anymore of a jerk? Well yes.
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Poems (739 reads, 628 days, 1 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(10 of 47)
Zeta is fired for the second time for writing a poem. Will she finally realize they went unread by the boys she loved? Science fiction set in the (perhaps) not so distant future.
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by Bryan Costales
(11 of 47)
Fran was far from home in a hotel where outside it poured rain. How will she cope with her husband's stroke?
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Outbound (12462 reads, 648 days, 19 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(12 of 47)
The orignal 5 page story expanded to 13 pages and completely revised and
expanded into a real short story of consequence.
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by Bryan Costales
(13 of 47)
Five years after his wife's death, Henry was invited by his uncle to again attend his former wife's family camping trip. Too bad he could never fit in without strong drink.
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by Bryan Costales
(14 of 47)
Breezy made the corn jealous on her birthday which caused the crops to fail. Her mother showed her how to put things right again, but not in the way you might expect.
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by Bryan Costales
(15 of 47)
Dan tries to break up with his girlfriend Alice using email, despite
objections by the server named Rosary who tries to steer him right.
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The Whale (9358 reads, 660 days, 14 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(16 of 47)
A shy overweight man on treadmill in a gym wants to date the slim girl on the stairmaster. The twist is that this is an epic story of mythic proportions.
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by Bryan Costales
(17 of 47)
On Sally's birthday she went with her friend Winter to a carnival. There, her old conflict between pockets and purses met a new adversary in a carnival ride called the Chicago Loop.
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Nap (570 reads, 663 days, 0 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(18 of 47)
Luis Escabon took a nap after lunch and had a strange dream about snow.
Did his half brother Taki still live up near the Arenal Volcano?
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God Heads (2611 reads, 600 days, 4 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(19 of 47)
Glenda at 85 forgot to take her pills and went in search of the God Heads.
Did she remember to take her pills in time?
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by Bryan Costales
(20 of 47)
Harry searches for his long lost Mother in Las Vegas. He stops in a Starbucks to cool off and finds far more than he ever expected.
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by Bryan Costales
(21 of 47)
Two guys sit with their girl friends, having just returned from the Outside Lands Concert, and compared notes about what they just saw. While eating cupcakes, differences of opinion become evident
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by Bryan Costales
(22 of 47)
Mandy did something that convinced her mother to let her get a hair styling instead of a hair cut at a barber. It will surprise you to discover who knew the right thing to do.
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by Bryan Costales
(23 of 47)
Henry and his upset gut went out for a bicycle adventure.
A story about a Critical Mass and the day after the night before.
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by Bryan Costales
(24 of 47)
Tom home schooled two twin 7 year old girls and a 15 yer old son.
An assignment to write a story based on a statue ended in an unexpected manner.
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by Bryan Costales
(25 of 47)
Two alternative views of cellphones in the future, the pastoral view of a young boy's new phone, followed by the horror of a reporter's experience.
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The Box (688 reads, 620 days, 1 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(26 of 47)
Tom found a magic box that made a homeless man disappear.
He took it home for his daughter to play with,
but instead lost her to the unknown.
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The Pit (2075 reads, 657 days, 3 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(27 of 47)
Tina chokes on a plum pit. That leads to good and bad luck over breakfast. She struggles to make sense of a shooting and a suicidal man.
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Moron (906 reads, 589 days, 1 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(28 of 47)
Walt thought his wife was about to fly to Paris, so he took
her gun and planned to ambush her at the gas station.
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by Bryan Costales
(29 of 47)
Marsha discovered a lost necklace that might trigger change in her life.
Can she learn from an experienced older woman?
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by Bryan Costales
(30 of 47)
Sarah received a black envelope in the mail from her ex-boyfriend's father.
Will it cause her fuse to burn brighter and make her explode?
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Cry Lion (664 reads, 651 days, 1 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(31 of 47)
A young boy has his lunch eaten by a lion and goes on to learn an important lesson in this short parable by Bryan Costales.
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by Bryan Costales
(32 of 47)
Joe and Ned were working for Wiggles supermarket when news arrived
that the store was going out of business. How did the former football star
and former geek handle the situation differently?
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by Bryan Costales
(33 of 47)
Old man Duff wonders how he can leave the retirement home to go on a
cruise. He dances with Ellen who is clumsy and leaves him on the sofa
where he comes to an important realization.
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by Bryan Costales
(34 of 47)
Don and Sendora drive into the desert to find a treasure. Along the way we discover their differences and why the treasure effects them differently.
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Ate A Bug (12510 reads, 639 days, 19 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(35 of 47)
Sally was worried, puzzled, and a little relieved when Tony returned
from his cruise on the Amazon and couldn't speak. Normally Tony
talked too much. Too much for his friends who claimed they
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by Bryan Costales
(36 of 47)
Bob lost his wife but continues to make her a ham sandwich daily. This
let to smelly garbage, a caring neighbor, and a realization about how
much he really missed his wife.
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by Bryan Costales
(37 of 47)
Brad Cheque, a private eye, finds a second bucket of blood and becomes embroiled with a creature of horrible power, so powerful it drives him into hiding for forty years.
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by Bryan Costales
(38 of 47)
Dora Winsten sat in front of her makeup table and remembered all the loses she had suffered. The strange story of one way to cope.
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The Note (575 reads, 646 days, 0 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(39 of 47)
A note under the front door welcome mat caused Ellen to remember the day her husband shot her lover with a rented gun. A howling mat, Halloween and an odd way to remember the past.
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by Bryan Costales
(40 of 47)
Wanda was on her third date with Carl when she first met his daughter Daisy.
Could Daisy really tell fortunes using garlic?
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by Bryan Costales
(41 of 47)
Linda looked at him. Like most of the men she'd met in Costa Rica, he seemed attractively virile in his white shorts and tight t-shirt.
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by Bryan Costales
(42 of 47)
Read entire story for free or puchase to download.
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by Bryan Costales
(43 of 47)
Sandra drove through the desert with her husband's body in the trunk.
Why did she tape his hands together? How much is her husband worth?
Just what storm is coming anyway?
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by Bryan Costales
(44 of 47)
Joy's cat Snowball was dying from cancer. Was it too soon for
her to shop for a new kitten? Or would her parking spot
prove unlucky?
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by Bryan Costales
(45 of 47)
Jerry bunts accidentally just as he forgot his name. During an
afternoon softball game he runs the bases in search of his name and
while running discovers his purpose.
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Drips (449 reads, 656 days, 0 reads/day) by Bryan Costales
(46 of 47)
Fran hears her father complaining about drips, even after she cleaned
up the overflowed bathtub. Turns out her father was asleep the whole
time which helped to save her brother.
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by Bryan Costales
(47 of 47)
Was Walter frugal, a cheapskate or stuck up? At the baseball game he saw his old girlfriend through binoculars seated with his dentist.
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by Bryan Costales
(1 of 47)
Frank visited the place where his wife pushed him down stairs and where he was crippled and ended up in a wheelchair. Too bad he couldn't remember what really happened. Maybe he will be lucky this
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by Bryan Costales
(2 of 47)
Atop a ladder, Norman considered his mortality.
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by Bryan Costales
(3 of 47)
Lola remembered a warning from her father and why men always left her when she wounded herself.
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