Writers Harbor

Category: Short Stories

  • If you’re good…

    IF YOU’RE GOOD… (I took a child, by the hand) IF YOU’RE GOOD… If you’re good, you can come with me. You’ll have to be good. Otherwise I won’t take you. Give me your hand. There now… Close your eyes, and listen to me. We’re in a helicopter, a small one, flying along… Precariously, fragile,…

  • Dreams to Allah

  • The ugly little turtle

      The ugly little turtle For as long as he could remember, he had been there.Huddled together with his brothers and sisters, in their cozy, warm bed.But now, as he lay and listened to the sighing wind outside, the important chatterings of his siblings, and the restless storm inside his mind, he knew things were…

  • Decline and Fall (1)

    Decline and Fall of the…. Roman Empire? The ancient Roman gladiatorial sports… We’ve seen the movie. Maybe… even read the book. We all know… it was pretty brutal. I would suggest that these “sports ” were, in their own way, a damning verdict on their society. And not a good one. It spoke of the…