The Complete Short Stories

ON NEWTON'S 3rd LAW
It's not just a law of physics; it's a cosmic imperative.

THE OBSTINATE CANARY
A prideful young opera singer confronts his girlfriend's objections to his lack of success, as she threatens to leave him for a vacation with another man.

TREACHERY
Old age tragically strips us of all our youthful virtues. Does it leave us anything in compensation?

RUNNING MIRROR
A starfleet officer becomes a criminal on the day of his retirement - the best day of his life.

THE TALE OF DANNY LARUE
An Angel in a dream reveals to a young man that he has an appointment with Death that very night.

MY SATURDAY MORNING COFFEE
A true story of courage and heroism in the face of catastrophe

LOVE STORY WITH FLUTE
A fable set on a modern Indian reservation about the love of a boy for an older girl

ROYAL DELUSION
He thinks he's the King of Denmark, and it's off to the asylum.

BLOWING SMOKE
A lout schemes to trick an elegant, worldly cigar expert out of his vintage Ferrari, by betting his own wife against the expert's skills.

DEVOTION
Four kinds of devotion - superficial, na ve, vocational, and true - are explored in this tale of intergalactic intrigue.

THE OTHER MARY
A naked woman in church heralds a life-change for a young priest.

THE MURDEROUS HOUNDS OF SATAN
It's not like he wasn't warned.

THE TWILIGHT OF IGGY FLYNN
An Irish assassin arranges his final hit.

BLOCHYFACE GRAMPA
A precious life-lesson from a cruel schoolyard prank

GRAMPA'S TERRIBLE TEETH
How far can empathy take us?

AMBROSIA, OR, WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW
A man reclaims a lost love through a desperate scheme

INTENSIVE CARE
A sick man's life-changing delirium

ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
A look forward to a perishing republic