Category Archives: Short Stories

How to Kill a Rogue Yard Gnome, Part 3 of 4

Posted on February 5, 2013 by B Gourley

Notes: a.)    Part I can be read here. b.)   Part II can be read here. c.)    Sorry, I meant to do this in three installments, but this one was getting long. d.)   For the best reading experience, assume all of the continuity gaffes in … Continue reading →

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How to Kill a Rogue Yard Gnome, Part 2

Posted on February 1, 2013 by B Gourley

[Part I can be read here.][Note: this story is also being posted on my website Tao of Loafing.] Five nights ago, as the sun sank below the horizon and the glow of vibrant colors faded, we three were visited by a … Continue reading →

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How to Kill a Rogue Yard Gnome, Part I

Posted on January 30, 2013 by B Gourley

[NOTE: This was also posted on my Tao of Loafing site.] Five nights ago, coming home at days end, nosing my car into the drive, I startled. Where my headlights should have roamed over a patch of bare grass, instead … Continue reading →

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Lucy’s Charm: A Short Story

Posted on August 18, 2012 by B Gourley

A distant scream jarred Mac from his sleep. Continue reading →

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A Short Story of Stakhanovite Effort

Posted on March 4, 2012 by B Gourley

Tibor looked out the corner window of his apartment and admired his view of Budapest. It was a rich man’s view seen from a peasant’s apartment by virtue of the inefficiency of a system that would eventually strip it from … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming of John Frum, Pt. II

Posted on November 25, 2011 by B Gourley

[The first part of this story can be viewed here.] In a globalized world, it was surprisingly easy and affordable to ship a container to this island that didn’t appear on most world maps or globes. Frum had been shocked … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Coming of John Frum, Pt.I

Posted on May 10, 2011 by B Gourley

“So, thou are the lord, our god, John Frum?” The ruddy complected and jowly passport inspector said jovially. “Pardon?”  John said. He bristled instinctively; not certain whether he was being made the butt of a joke or not. “I read … Continue reading →

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Witching Hour in the ER

Posted on April 24, 2011 by B Gourley

It was three o’clock in the morning and I was sitting slumped in a vinyl-upholstered chair in the waiting room of an ER. At the risk of offending, let me say that it was, for the most part, a dim … Continue reading →

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Mind the Glass House

Posted on April 20, 2011 by B Gourley

“…he’s such an idiot. He said he was from Kansas City, KANSAS, and so I say to him ‘why do you say KANSAS. What the hell other state would it be in?’” “Missouri.” Lenny Watts said without turning from a … Continue reading →

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The War Within

Posted on March 10, 2011 by B Gourley

Jake Cray lay reclined in the hospital bed staring up at the ceiling. He was incredulous that his eyes should be welling up. He blamed it on the antiseptic stink that permeated everything here. If you live long enough, you … Continue reading →

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