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billsheehan1
- May 26
- 13 min
Amelia Rossi
Donald Cashman crossed Forty-Second Street after leaving a movie theater. He stretched his cramped legs and twisted at the waist to...
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billsheehan1
- May 26
- 3 min
A Shower of Thoughts
While showering one morning and routinely cleansing my body, I realized that my showers have taken much less time as I have gotten older....
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billsheehan1
- May 26
- 11 min
A Fairy Tale
“Dammit Joe! Why would you steal your daughter’s tooth? You know that she’s at the age where children believe that the Tooth Fairy will...
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billsheehan1
- May 26
- 13 min
A Bus Ride
I don’t normally ride city buses to get to any specific destination. I own a luxury car and use it occasionally when distance is an...
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billsheehan1
- Jul 9, 2021
- 14 min
STEEL WHALES short story by Bill Sheehan 4-7-2021
They are the Godzillas in the oceans. They are stealthy, moderately fast and as dangerous as a water moccasin in your bathtub water. The...
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billsheehan1
- Jul 9, 2021
- 6 min
Grim, Grin, Grand (Short Story)
At the age of 75, I look back at my younger self and see little glamor, less glory, and a lot of garbage. For me, the good life didn’t...
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billsheehan1
- Jul 9, 2021
- 11 min
Glass Jars (Short Stories)
“Timmy, you have used up almost all of my glass spice jars. What are you doing with them?” “Just collecting small things, insects, and...
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billsheehan1
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Intimate Friend (Short Story)
Sometimes I wake up with an erection. A normal male reaction to the stimulation of a full bladder. I have not had it happen in years,...
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billsheehan1
- Jul 9, 2021
- 42 min
A Ghost Story (Short Story)
My name is Bill Comstock. Most of my life I’ve been haunted by a paranormal event that occurred when I had just turned...
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billsheehan1
- Jun 4, 2021
- 22 min
FIX-IT HOUSE 4-30-2021 short story
“What’s the matter with this apartment? You sure as hell loved it after we got married. It excited you. You had hundreds of ideas for...
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billsheehan1
- Jun 1, 2021
- 18 min
FUTURE UNKNOWABLE 5-12-21 SS
Me? I’m the Honorable Kid Killian, speaking to a prison psychiatrist. A mental defective. Sorry. I mean a mental detective but still...
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billsheehan1
- Jun 1, 2021
- 33 min
DEATH HOUSE 4-15-21
I met him at Liam’s Irish Pub. He sat at the bar, but at the extreme end, next to the wall. He was tall so he stood out from the crowd....
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billsheehan1
- Jun 1, 2021
- 16 min
THE POND 4-24-21
She'd been distracted by sudden death. Her mother died last year. Her father's death was less than year later. She was now driving to her...
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billsheehan1
- Jun 1, 2021
- 19 min
A DAY REMEMBERED
Two cousins born a month apart as if in celebration of the end of WWII. Their mothers were sisters, whose parents immigrated from...
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billsheehan1
- Apr 3, 2021
- 16 min
EXOTIC FOOD 3-21-2021
A fat man goes into a fast-food restaurant and orders his food. The cashier says that it will be a minute or two for his food to arrive....
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billsheehan1
- Apr 3, 2021
- 13 min
UNEXPECTED GRACE 3-3-2021
I wake up each morning wondering what unexpected occurrences will confront me. Naturally, I hope for the best, but ‘best’ has its...
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billsheehan1
- Apr 3, 2021
- 10 min
EVERYTHING ENDS 3-14-2021
Everything ends. Family, other relatives, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and you are all temporary. Everything your five senses can...
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billsheehan1
- Apr 3, 2021
- 5 min
EXHAUSTED 3-30-2021
Once in a while I feel as if a tsunami is forming at a great distance, getting closer every day, and it’s focused on me. I don’t know its...
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billsheehan1
- Apr 3, 2021
- 8 min
BEN IN FOURTH GRADE 3-28-2021
Nova Central School Nova, NY 14414 Nov. 7, 20__ Dear Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, I am writing to you with concern for your son, Ben. I know that...
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billsheehan1
- Apr 3, 2021
- 18 min
THE WOOD CARVER 3-5-2021
It’s not true that wood carvers have a chip on their shoulder. Out of all the wood carving clubs wood carvers may be very boring people...
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