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Baby Boy

By J. Timothy King on September 22, 2009

Ted Jackson reclined on a park bench at lunch thinking about what it was like to turn 30. The overcast sky had provided him a brief respite from the drizzling rain, and so he decided to stroll through a nearby park during his lunch hour. He wasn’t much hungry, because his mind was full of […]

Posted in Flash Fiction, Stories | Tagged depression, encouragement, spirituality | 2 Responses

A Bad Job Two-fer: Living Inside a Top/A Tribute to Lorelai

By J. Timothy King on June 2, 2009

The following two poems reflect the angst of working in a bad job, a dysfunctional employer-employee relationship. It can stress you out, depress you, and make you cry. Sometimes, the only act that can save you is sending your resume to another potential employer, because that’s what gives you hope and makes you feel a […]

Posted in Poetry, Stories | Tagged job satisfaction, office life, work | Leave a response

The Widow’s Granddaughter

By J. Timothy King on May 18, 2009

The revised version of “The Widow’s Granddaughter” is now available as a free downloadable eBook: Click here for PDF format. Click here for ePub format. Click here for Mobi/Kindle format. -TimK

Posted in Stories, The Widow's Granddaughter | Tagged contemporary, contemporary romance, romance, romance short story, romance story, short, short fiction, short story, trust | Leave a response

A Comedian’s Motive

By J. Timothy King on May 15, 2009

Why do I put myself through it? That’s a good question. I mean, why venture out on that stage? Just to tell jokes? I don’t think so. Yeah, there are all the standard reasons–and I’ve even told myself a few–about how laughter is healing, and people need me, and I help them, and a chuckle […]

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Two Dirty Little Words

By J. Timothy King on May 14, 2009

The following story contains gratuitous profanity. Little Cam Smith and River Jones huddled around the former’s desk during third-period Social Studies. The teacher thought they were preparing their report on the history of woman U.S. Presidents, or what modern archeology has discovered about Hitler’s Germany, or the countries of the Antarctic, or some other subject […]

Posted in Flash Fiction, Stories | Tagged decency, language, morality, profanity, science fiction, values | Leave a response

Disorder

By J. Timothy King on May 13, 2009

She sneaks out of the house while no one is looking and heads to the bad side of the city. Her husband is upstairs reading to the kids, and she is supposedly catching up on her email. As far as she knows, no one realizes she is gone. She strolls down the sidewalk under the […]

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A Penchant for Cotton

By J. Timothy King on May 12, 2009

She approaches me during my lunch hour in the park, wearing a white, cotton T-shirt, along with blue shorts and sneakers. She has propped her smooth, right leg on a bench near where I am sitting and is tying her shoe. My eyes fix, unable to move from their stare. My first crush wore cotton […]

Posted in Flash Fiction, Stories | Tagged dating, fear, recovery, rejection, romance | 4 Responses