A friend pointed me at an anthology being put together of 42-word stories and suggested I give it a go.
For Anyone Who Needs
Drink some water
Take your meds
Call your person
Wednesday Afternoon
In many ways, my life started the day my father committed suicide.
Hello, my name is D I Jolly
Okay… Okay, so let me start out by answering the question on the flyer. Why werewolves? Well, it’s similar to the reason that most of my books are set on a fictional Syn Island, spelt with a Y. When I started Mostly Human, vampires seemed overdone, and I felt to me, like werewolves were…
In The Shadow of Elysium
Standing at the chalk board midway through a word, the memory hit him.
Centre Stage By D.I. Jolly
But it is still possible to drown in bright clear water, on a hot sunny day, surrounded by people.
Mirrors and Glass By D.I. Jolly
The idea was she would stand naked, or as naked as she could stand, in front of the mirror and read the words out loud every day.
A Miner Tail by D.I. Jolly
…everything was going to be just fine.
United State of America By D.I. Jolly
“Buckle in son, I have a lot to say, none of its nice and some of it probably doesn’t make sense.”
No Quarter By D. I. Jolly
No Quarter By D. I. Jolly Like so many others, Jack hated his job. It had been challenging for the first week and a half, but once he’d gotten into the rhythm of it, it had basically stayed the same. What made it worse, for him anyway, was that the deeper into the routine of…