Short Stories Archives - Baltimore Post-Examiner

Santa Claus Surprise

Here is a Texas story that came my way, the events twisted and bent from the telling. It was an

Along with all of the other festivities of the Christmas season, my task is to polish our brass lectern that

Keira, a thirty-something, graduate student from Baltimore, spends the year in Dublin, working her thesis. Frustrated over her research, she

Drive by any school and you’ll find the parking lots filled with teacher’s cars. They’re preparing for the new school

On my recent visit to Washington D.C. I knew to wear comfortable shoes, keep an umbrella handy and carry

The morning air, toasted dry, created a dusty warmness, and the intense heat of the afternoon promised even more discomfort.

Charlie May just wouldn’t shut up. From the moment we’d left Philadelphia, en route to our meeting in New Orleans,

Missy should have left hours ago. She knew better than to try and make it up the mountain after dark.

You Owe Me The garage door opened slowly, hesitantly like an arthritic man rising from his chair. Cautiously Kim Vuong

For most seasoned theater professionals, an occasional bad review just goes along with the territory. But nothing could prepare the