As promised, here is the final selection of stories, first by category and next as a single, magical list of titles.
Definitely in:
Learning to Die
Slice of Life
The Cobalt Sensation
The Chicago 8 vs. Time
The Chicago 8 vs. Armageddon
Hello?
The Lunch Gnome
The Dream of the Buckford County Church
Possibly in:
Cervidae
The Sometimes Island
At the Door
Killing Time
Laura
The Graffiti Avenger
Lily Tries to Go Shopping
Follow the Tracks
Sammy Takes a Dive
Would require re-working/additional drafts:
The Broken Bridge
Stop That Cow!
Rainy Day
Trolling for Fun and Profit
The Invisible Weekend
Unfinished:
Dented World
The Box on the Bench
Not written:
Regina and the Shortcut with Teeth
Sanity Road/Bent Metal
The Capitol Dome
Swimmers and Fog
Picture This
And the full list below:
10 Pairs of Shorts
- Learning to Die
- Slice of Life
- The Cobalt Sensation
- The Chicago 8 vs. Time
- The Chicago 8 vs. Armageddon
- The Lunch Gnome
- The Dream of the Buckford County Church
- The Sometimes Island
- At the Door
- Killing Time
- The Graffiti Avenger
- Lily Tries to Go Shopping
- The Broken Bridge
- Stop That Cow!
- Rainy Day
- Dented World
- The Box on the Bench
- Regina and the Shortcut with Teeth
- Sanity Road
- Picture This
This makes for a grand total of twenty stories or ten pairs of shorts, a nice, even number.
My next weekly update will finalize the stories I want to work on completing next. I reserve the right to put this off if I win Wednesday’s $16 million 6/49 jackpot.