Category: Fiction
I’ve strayed from writing fiction in recent years, though I still dabble. Here you will find a few longer short stories, but mostly microfiction (which I used to share on Instagram back when Instagram was fun).
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They Would Be Expecting Her
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) The ship was bobbing in a way that wasn’t aimless but struck her as incorrect. She had set out on a path and ended up here without wind or purpose. It didn’t look like the place she had imagined when she set out. She […]
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The Gentle Hush Of The Hybrids
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) The only sounds were those made by passing cars: the gentle hush of the hybrids, the hissing growls of the buses, the thunderous syncopation of braking trucks. There was a breeze but the air was warm enough to keep dispositions unpleasant. Heat could still […]
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The Cool Metal Of This Pistol
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) His only thoughts were about the cool metal of this pistol and how good Kristie looks in jeans. The two thoughts stirred different yet equally dangerous feelings within him.
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He Had No Speaking Lines
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) He could not escape the feeling that he had often heard described by actors: that he was merely a character in a movie in which everybody else was starring. He had no speaking lines. The camera never focused on him. He was the unpaid […]
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Reality Crept Into Her Psyche
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Dreaming of X caused her trouble. She would awake to a kind of altered reality in which they were together not here, but in a very familiar version of here. X was gone – maybe off to work – but their paths would cross […]
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Her Jeans
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) It was hot enough outside that all I could think about was taking off her jeans. MY jeans! … my jeans.
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Nostalgic For A Place I Have Never Been
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) The signal changes but I’m not on board. The train moves ever forward but I remain standing. At the end of the line friends will meet at a cafe and enjoy the breeze that always rolls through the suburb at four o’clock but the […]
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The Tires Were No Longer Humming
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) She had only noticed how little light there was inside the car when two headlights appeared down the road and illuminated the entire front seat. Stray beams of light made it all the way to where she was strapped into the back seat. “Look […]
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More Of A Slip
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) It wasn’t so much a jump that was required – more of a slip. A fall, really. A perfectly timed fall and he would be on the tracks just as the train pulled into the station. He could think of a dozen reasons to […]
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Sweat That Ignites A Fire
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) She is sex incarnate and the whole room turns toward her to draw that conclusion for themselves. A long silk dress with a floral print navigates the curves of her body and clings to her legs as she descends the stairs. A belt balances […]