Archive - JL's Stories and Musings

What If It Happened Today?

“You a Christian?”

Feb 7 •

March 2024

It's the Small Things, Isn't it?

That antique license plate had been loosely hung by this old cafe's front door for so many years I'd stopped really noticing it.

Mar 16, 2024 •

February 2024

“I ask you, ‘What's a hungry bear to do?’”

An Abecedarian short short story

Feb 2, 2024 •

December 2023

Being Used as an Illustration

Once Upon a Time in Real Life...

Dec 31, 2023 •

November 2023

Behind the Register

I had been watching the kid for several minutes on the security screen behind the counter. It had caught my attention when they appeared to be checking…

Nov 4, 2023 •

August 2023

“What did you say to her?”

Aug 15, 2023 •

July 2023

“Guess this is the best you've ever done, isn't it?”

Jul 5, 2023 •

May 2023

How is it that...

Little Questions Are Sometimes Big

May 8, 2023 •

March 2023

Mar 31, 2023 •

Can't Afford It

Mar 9, 2023 •

February 2023

Tell Me a Story

Grandmother Remembers Aloud

Feb 21, 2023 •

January 2023

Just Making a mark

Just making a mark to get things started…

Jan 27, 2023 •

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