Potluck Fiction (A Collection of Short Stories)

Much like a church potluck, you will find a variety of story flavors here: suspense, historical, romance, literary, young adult, and inspirational. For dessert lovers, I've added plenty of sweet, humorous selections to satisfy your funny bone. You can read one a day like a special treat or binge read them all in one sitting.

No matter the genre, an entertaining story is refreshing for the mind and comfort food for the soul. I trust these feel-good stories, sprinkled with hope, love, humor, and family ties will be an enjoyable escape from your daily grind.

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Hiding in the Classics: A snapshot of generational book lovers.

Irish Luck: Minnesota 1889, a young girl and her mother, lost in a snowstorm, find sanctuary in the cabin of a kindly widow.

Guppies in the Ocean: A humorous tale of best friends trying to make it in the big city.

Kansas Winds: Rob Richards goes home to say goodbye to his dying father and finds that even though he's moved on from the family farm, the family has not moved on from him.

The Shot Heard Round the Block: Nosy neighbors and an albino squirrel with a death wish.

The Curtain: A man's wife lies in a coma while he ponders life, love, and other mysteries with the woman behind the curtain in the next bed.

Buffalo Gal: A photographer lost in the North Dakota Badlands.

The World According to Abby: Middle school angst and fitting-in.

In the Potter's Hands: Mother/daughter issues and letting go.

Life in the Slow Lane: Farm-life and a close-knit family tugs on the heartstrings.

Blending Mercury: A glimpse into genius.

Expectation of Life: A woman fleeing an abusive marriage finds kindness and hope.

Queen for a Day: South Dakota state fair's pig contest has never been so grand.

The Cost of Survival: 1950s Oregon, a young orphan living with his grandparents deals with death and confusion by running away.

Normal as a Loon: An activist neighbor only Jesus could love.

An American Family: A soldier's family deals with life after his suicide.

Love at the Insta-Lube: A young woman's obsessive crush.

Twisted Hearts: Mothers and sons.

Widow's Bite: Returning to the scene of the crime.

Writer's Block: Young woman answers ad for mail-order-bride and sets off for Deadwood, South Dakota.v