Category Archives: Short Stories

The Saga of Blackie Mac

Posted on March 15, 2023 by kirkmike157

Blackie Mac was a disappointment from the outset – a solid black colt born into a family of Appaloosa horses where if you don’t come with spots we’d rather not have you. Everyone just bit their lip and said nice … Continue reading →

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I Know This Man

Posted on February 20, 2020 by kirkmike157

My son would probably not have reached his normal adult height if it had not been for the barbacoa burritos at Chella’s Restaurant on Liberty Street in Ann Arbor. I was there with him a lot. Several nights a week. … Continue reading →

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Utah

Posted on December 11, 2015 by kirkmike157

Red dust from the desert filtered into the tent as the morning sun rose. At dawn the light was diffuse and the triangle of fabric enclosed space was peaceful. Then the first of the sun’s direct rays brushed the canvas … Continue reading →

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Sympathy for the Devil

Posted on June 12, 2015 by kirkmike157

Tim Hunt is a 72-year old British Nobel laureate who was forced to resign from his position at the University College of London this week because of things he said at a press conference. Those sentences have been reproduced widely … Continue reading →

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Elk Reduction

Posted on October 31, 2014 by kirkmike157

In the winter of 1964, some time after Christmas, an old bull elk stumbled down through the steaming terraces of Mammoth Hot Spring. It was a bitter cold and windless night in the far northwest corner of Wyoming. Snow was … Continue reading →

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Phenotyping and the Bucketmouth Beard

Posted on February 27, 2014 by caydunbar

When the Personal Genome Project(PGP) launched and the first ten volunteers were inducted, it was clear that they were intent on more than just genomics. Most of us were photographed with a little 10cm ruler taped to the middle of our … Continue reading →

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Type I Diabetes – A Day in My Daughter’s Life

Posted on November 15, 2013 by caydunbar

A parent easily falls into the trap of describing the most horrific of their adolescent children’s behaviors. There are always those loud and angry interactions of one brain soaked with testosterone interacting with another one soaking in 400 mg/dl glucose. … Continue reading →

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Sam is My Hero

Posted on October 9, 2013 by caydunbar

Sam is a streamliner. Everyone knows who they are, although no one calls them that when the teachers are around. He’s one of the kids who wouldn’t be in the main high school if it weren’t for a special program. … Continue reading →

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A Trip to Lake Wobegon

Posted on August 8, 2013 by caydunbar

A story inspired by Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion podcasts It was a hot, sunny afternoon in Lake Wobegon, late in the month of July, and the blueberries were ripening, turning that glorious shade of purple royal blue that only … Continue reading →

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