Inspirational Short Stories

Summary: A short story narrated in the first person adult voice recalling a young boy's early awareness of bigotry in the rural, mid 1970's South

From ‘The Very Best Of White Eagle’

What Everybody Needs To Know About Saturn

Jason and the Argonauts meet King Amycus

With her newborn child nestled in her arms, she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face and gasped....

I'm (not) worth it. I have (no) value. Just like you.

Cherish the the time you have with your loved ones, death is on it's own clock

Inspiring Short Story that asks you the question, are you looking for a cup or a coffee?

I'm (not) worth it. I have (no) value. Just like you.

This is a story about a young man named Tom. Tom has a gift, every time he hugs some he heals there a sickness or disease, even cancer, but every time he does, he loses one year of his life.

A story about three sisters, three women who have grown apart, but now making a conscious effort to come close because the forces that did it for them are no longer there.

Stand up and walk, move forward

My best friend is struggling with herself, so I wrote this for her in a hope that it’d make her smile.

A family member slides into dementia.

Adela has been looking for her grandaughter for many years now. And when she finally finds her, she has to take a step back and leave her again.

Ode to Juan Ramon Jiménez

Poem.

The geologist thought Tacana was just a simple volcano. Vega, who used to be part of the K´iche community, knew that it was more complicated.