Writers Harbor

Category: Short Stories

  • ABHORRENCE of War

    Abhorrence of War A counterweight to the article published on this site, called “Acceptance of War “ CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS ARTICLE Firstly, I welcome civilized, constructive debate, and I applaud our WH member “Faxe ” for taking me up on my Internet challenge to post his thoughts on Writers Harbor. He has done…

  • God Bless Billie Holiday

    But for the smell, the street was empty. Hundreds of scattered of papers fluttered around his feet as he walked, but no other movement was present. Amongst the trash were fliers for the Chris Owens sex show, where the tourists were promised live sex on stage, but were treated only to something more akin to…

  • A Sense of Order

    Aside from the constant clicking of his desktop ten key, the silence in the office was deafening. Jonathan Prince had become accustomed to the cessation of sound over the past six months, but today the stillness had become almost intolerable. There was a time when he would have paid good money to replace all the…

  • To my Big Brother – a letter

    TO MY BIG BROTHER – A LETTER 9/5/2010 Hi Francis, How goes my big brother? I reach out to you, in kindness, across Space and Time, and hold you dear in my heart. I hold my arms around you, and comfort you. I was absorbing some of your stories, and realizing that you are on…

  • The Clumsy Investor (3)

    Sunday, May 23, 2010 Well, I have some buy orders in for tomorrow Monday morning. I know the market volatility is high. I’ve been looking at the S&P 500, and I see mostly decline-decline. But I did cash out on a whole bunch of stocks in the last few weeks. The trailing stops took me…

  • Short term Greed, long term Loss

    video by AdmiradorSP SHORT TERM GREED, LONG TERM LOSS How the world’s sharkfin and sushi diners don’t think, don’t care, and just guzzle I lifted the following report off the Internet. It makes sad, sad reading. I’ve watched them cut the fins off the sharks, small or large, and then kick them back into the…

  • Bills Theme Song by Kris Kristoferson, “He’s a Pilgrim “

    See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans Wearing yesterdays misfortune like a smile Once he had a future full of money, love and dreams Which he’d spend like they were going out of style And he keeps right on a changin’ for the better or the worse Searchin’ for a…

  • Whear’s Bill…Part 2

    Ok, here I set in front of my keyboard, staring at it like somehow it should read my mind and start typing all by it’s self, pouring out all of my feelings on to the screen for the entire world to see and marvel at. I don’t even know what my feelings are most of…

  • Flying Exercise 3

    The Dragon spread his serrated wings and roared a challenge at the sky from his perch on the Bastille pinnacle. He leapt up and swooped down over the castle wall with his wings spread to catch the gust, then glided back up on a jetstream. He arced around a tower and glided in low, then…

  • A Flithery-Flathery Thing

    Photo by Steve Ford Elliot A Flithery-Flathery Thing I‘ve seen and experienced my share of nastiness in this world. And felt the thud of boots landing on my body, and fists beating on my skull. And I’ve heard the gun shots, calling my name. I narrowly escaped a terrorist bomb one day, under circumstances that…