Category: Eric’s Fiction

Dog Day

My daughter overslept. Happens to all of us. “Can you walk Pudding?” “What’s in it for me?” I tease her. “Karma.” “Does that come in chocolate?” From the other room, Pudding hears me pick up my boot and is instantly…

Chef Nathan

Chef Nathan and Evil King Paprika the First A Children’s Story (That Adults Might Like Too) Dedicated to Nathan, Natalie, Cathy and David, remembering Astor Avenue and Germany   Once upon a time many years ago, in 1973, there was…

The Lost Boy

“Kyle! Kyle!” Harriet fought through the woods, her frantic course like something dictated by a crazy pinball machine. She gasped for breath; her body ill-prepared for these demands. She wished the world wasn’t so dim, so blurred, so far away.…

Escalation

It all started when I needed the fly swatter. The buzzing would stop for an instant, but I was always too slow to whack my nemesis. Amazing that anyone can make a bare-handed snatch of something with that many eyes.…