by Vincent McCaffrey | Aug 7, 2026 | Blog, Short Stories
the future that was and might be again [a short story about everyday life on Mars] The bradberries were ripe again. Twice a year is more than enough, don’t you think? But if I let them rot on the vine, they’ll bring the...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Dec 14, 2024 | Blog, Short Stories
This was, she said, a skip of time. She called it that, as if I would understand, which I did not. I was sixteen then and dumb as a knuckle. I had come in from the heat outside and found her in the shadows of the living...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog, Short Stories
In ancient times, using a pen name, I wrote a series of short-short stories for use as one-page advertisements, under the heading ‘An annotated browser,’ to promote the shop. These are a few examples. Counterpane It is...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Jul 4, 2018 | Blog, Short Stories
A friend was recently reading the revised version of John Finn that appears to be making its way into print sooner than later and suggested that a particular chapter might stand on its own. It happens to be one of those I posted first about eight years ago when John...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Dec 21, 2017 | Blog, Essays, Short Stories
a little known victory retold [a shrift from the novel in progress, A Republic of Books, more of which can be found elsewhere in this ethereal site] Given my lack of success, I have been asked more than once why I wanted to write in the first place, much less continue...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Jun 23, 2011 | Short Stories
The hanging road sign for Denton Real Estate offered a constant chirping against an intermittent wind. It was a small and familiar voice to Burk as he approached Seeley’s Surfside Diner. The murmur of tires on passing cars was dampened by the new snow. With the hood...
