Alan's Short Stories

WHATS IN A (ROCK BAND) NAME?

As many of those who read my columns and short stories know, I’m a classic rock junkie. I can’t help myself. I’m a walking encyclopedia on rock music trivia. That information and six…

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ME AND MY BABY

Back in the sixties the country was turbulent. Viet Nam was wearing thin on folks. Civil disobedience, riots, mayhem, and hippies were everywhere.  Rock and roll music had become the petulant child of the music…

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THE UNFORGIVEN

Chapter One of Webber’s Upcoming Novel – the third in a series with trucker Tim Harrison Chapter 1 – just east of Yuma Arizona Dark skies and a light rain was falling but Tyler Martin…

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GO YOUR OWN WAY

It’s been three years since my divorce from Kevin. After twenty-one years of marriage, he said he wanted a divorce. We were sitting on the couch together watching “Law & Order.” I was playing a…

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HURRY UP AND WAIT

But he really had to go! There I was, sitting in a dilapidated Detroit Michigan jail cell. There was blood smeared on the dirty cinder-block walls. There was also a rather large hairy man with…

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CAN I HAVE A LICK

Having finished dinner with friends at a little Italian restaurant about twenty-five miles from our home, my wife and I set off to return home. On the way, we stopped at a drive-up ice creamery…

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“BEST” OF THE BEATLES FOR “PETE’S” SAKE

Nearly everyone has heard of the Beatles. In fact, it would be hard to find anyone over the age of about eight who hasn’t heard of the Fab Four – Paul, John, George, and Ringo.

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OUR TRIP TO THE BRITISH ISLES (in case you remotely had any interest)

Me and the Squeeze Doing the Abbey Road Walk – outside of Abbey Studios. …all the Royal BS doesn’t impress me that much, a rant for another day. The wife and I went on…

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