…the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of his thoughts; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.
Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself…It’s a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.
Harper Lee
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A Conversation Between Two Mothers:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-conversation-between-two-mothers/
A Cup of Contempt:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-cup-of-contempt/
A Day in the Hive:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-day-in-the-hive-2/
A Good Clown is Worth Repeating:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-good-clown-is-worth-repeating/
A Head of Its Time:
http://literaryfictions.com/a-head-of-its-time/
A Lighted Cigarette:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-lighted-cigarette-2/
A Man Without a Wife:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-man-without-a-wife/
A Mate for the Monster:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-mate-for-the-monster-2/
A Pack of Cigarettes and Thou:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/a-pack-of-cigarettes-and-thou-2/
All is Merry and Bright:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/all-is-merry-and-bright/
All Mine:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/all-mine/
Andrew Magenti:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/andrew-magenti-2/
At the River:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/at-the-river/
Blood of the Lamb:
http://literaryfictions.com/blood-of-the-lamb/
Bluebird of Happiness:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/bluebird-of-happiness-2/
Butterfly’s Revenge:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/butterflys-revenge/
Camp Bonhomie:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/camp-bonhomie/
Carried Off by the Monster:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/carried-off-by-the-monster/
Cat Scratch Fever:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/cat-scratch-fever/
Charmaine Chatsworth, Society Girl:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/charmaine-chatsworth-society-girl/
Clown Life:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/clown-life/
Collector of Souvenirs:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/collector-of-souvenirs/
Dark Desire:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/dark-desire/
Death is Kind:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/death-is-kind/
Do You Take This Clown?:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/do-you-take-this-clown/
During the Storm:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/during-the-storm-2/
Eating for Two:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/eating-for-two/
Empty Grave:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/92-2/
Eve’s Apples:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/eves-apples/
Faux Chinchilla:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/faux-chinchilla/
Feathers or Fruit:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/feathers-or-fruit/
Fits and Fainting Spells:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/fits-and-fainting-spells/
Five-Finger Discount:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/five-finger-discount/
Freaks I Have Known:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/freaks-i-have-known/
George Granger:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/george-granger/
George’s Train:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/georges-train/
Good Night, Sunny:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/good-night-sunny/
Hawk Prescott:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/hawk-prescott/
Hazel McCreary:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/hazel-mccreary/
Hermaphrodite Ward:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/hermaphrodite-ward/
He’s Not at Home:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/hes-not-at-home/
I Had a Bone:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/i-had-a-bone/
I Know Where Mr. Rheingold Lives:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/i-know-where-mr-rheingold-lives/
I Laughed, I Cried:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/i-laughed-i-cried-2/
I Won’t Ever Be in the Army:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/i-wont-ever-be-in-the-army/
In a Cemetery on Halloween Night:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/in-a-cemetery-on-halloween-night/
It Has Come to Our Attention:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/it-has-come-to-our-attention/
Just Passing Through:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/just-passing-through/
Late of Cherry Street:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/late-of-cherry-street/
Lola Fenwick:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/lola-fenwick/
Look for Light in the Vegetable Patch:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/look-for-light-in-the-vegetable-patch/
Mademoiselle Lulu:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/mademoiselle-lulu/
Map of the World:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/map-of-the-world/
Mink Stole:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/mink-stole/
Miss Wessel:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/miss-wessel/
Mortal Remains:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/mortal-remains/
Muriel Self:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/muriel-self/
My Hundred Years:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/my-hundred-years/
My Mother is Away:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/my-mother-is-away/
Never Marry:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/never-marry/
Never Mix, Never Worry:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/never-mix-never-worry/
Night Train:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/night-train/
Now That I Know Your Name:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/now-that-i-know-your-name/
Old Friends:
http://literaryfictions.com/old-friends/
On the Face of It:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/on-the-face-of-it-2/
Pass Without Paying:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/pass-without-paying/
Percy Picket Succumbs to Infirmities:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/percy-picket-succumbs-to-infirmities-2/
Phiz:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/phiz/
Porch Light:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/porch-light/
Queen of the Monkey Women:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/queen-of-the-monkey-women/
Rain Continuing Tonight and Tomorrow:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/rain-continuing-tonight-and-tomorrow/
Red Carnation:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/126-2/
Red is Your Color:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/red-is-your-color/
Ring the Night Bell:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/ring-the-night-bell/
Schooled in Depravity:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/schooled-in-depravity/
Seascape:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/seascape/
See a Show, Smoke a Lucky:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/see-a-show-smoke-a-lucky/
Send Me a Postcard:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/send-me-a-postcard/
Sleep Will Banish Sorrow:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/sleep-will-banish-sorrow/
Society Wedding:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/society-wedding/
Some Dinosaurs Die in Their Sleep:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/some-dinosaurs-die-in-their-sleep/
Sometimes I’m Happy:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/sometimes-im-happy/
The Beauty Box:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-beauty-box/
The Business of Doing Good:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-business-of-doing-good/
The Christmas Club:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-christmas-club/
The Clown Who Stole Lady Chatterley’s Lover:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-clown-who-stole-lady-chatterleys-lover/
The Day Belongs to the Rain:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-day-belongs-to-the-rain/
The Disappearing Boy:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/230-2/
The Doctor Will See You Now:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-doctor-will-see-you-now/
The End of Sleep:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-end-of-sleep/
The Enemy Doesn’t Care About Us:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-enemy-doesnt-care-about-us/
The Hair of Her Head:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-hair-of-her-head/
The Last Hour of the Day:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-last-hour-of-the-day/
The Man Who Prepared Himself for Death:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-man-who-prepared-himself-for-death/
The Midnight Hideaway:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-midnight-hideaway/
The Monster’s Vision of Heaven:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-monsters-vision-of-heaven/
The Night at Chez Louie:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-night-at-chez-louie/
The Same Chair at the Same Table:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-same-chair-at-the-same-table/
The Seeing-Eye Mouse:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-seeing-eye-mouse-2/
The Story of the Wig:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-story-of-the-wig/
The Teddy Bear Phase:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-teddy-bear-phase/
The Third Day of Winter:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-third-day-of-winter/
The Truth About Lizzie Shennick:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-truth-about-lizzie-shennick/
The Widow’s Mite:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-widows-mite/
The Wolves are Waiting:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-wolves-are-waiting/
The Woman with the Broken Shoe:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/the-woman-with-the-broken-shoe/
Threes:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/threes/
Tomorrow You Shall Find me a Grave Man:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/tomorrow-you-shall-find-me-a-grave-man/
Ugly as Sin:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/ugly-as-sin/
Uncle Billy’s Funeral:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/uncle-billys-funeral/
Welcome to the Neighborhood:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/
What Better Night Than Christmas Eve?
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/what-better-night-than-christmas-eve-2/
What the Young Matron is Wearing:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/what-the-young-matron-is-wearing/
When My Turn Comes:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/when-my-turn-comes/
Where the Frogs Are:
http://literaryfictions.com/where-the-frogs-are/
You Came Back to Me:
http://literaryfictions.com/short-stories/you-came-back-to-me/
