Over the first year of this website, this page has announced a fresh piece of short fiction on the fourth of each month. As the year progressed, an increasing number of followers opened the page to get yet another story. Back in August 2022, the story of Peter had dozens of views. If you haven't already read it, click here to get this cool story.
And now there is yet more great new short fiction, yours for the asking.
Riding the Bus. is the story of an aged out newspaper reporter who spends his days riding the bus, viewing again the settings of compelling human stories he'd written for the local paper. On this particular day he plays a shame game with a black hooded teenager and then watches a person get sucker punched. But I'm going to let you in on some writerly sleight of hand—the story is fictionally autobiographical. No, I've never been a newspaper reporter, but I did age out of a different people profession, one also filled with compelling human stories.
The sign on the door to The Bookery says "The book you need is inside. Only come in if you're ready to read it". This short story is set in Calgary, a coming of age sort of tale for a young man born into a petroleum industry family. By the way, this just might be the short story you really need right now for the age you're coming.
The process to get these new pieces of short fiction is different than it'd been for the year of Fourth Coming postings. You'll need to send me an email (wilton@twiltondale.ca) so I can send it out to you by return email. I'm also asking for feedback once you've read—simple ratings of readability, believability, and emotional impact. When you do, you'll be helping me to hone my craft as a writer.
So before you go, send me that email. wilton@twiltondale.ca.
And now there is yet more great new short fiction, yours for the asking.
Riding the Bus. is the story of an aged out newspaper reporter who spends his days riding the bus, viewing again the settings of compelling human stories he'd written for the local paper. On this particular day he plays a shame game with a black hooded teenager and then watches a person get sucker punched. But I'm going to let you in on some writerly sleight of hand—the story is fictionally autobiographical. No, I've never been a newspaper reporter, but I did age out of a different people profession, one also filled with compelling human stories.
The sign on the door to The Bookery says "The book you need is inside. Only come in if you're ready to read it". This short story is set in Calgary, a coming of age sort of tale for a young man born into a petroleum industry family. By the way, this just might be the short story you really need right now for the age you're coming.
The process to get these new pieces of short fiction is different than it'd been for the year of Fourth Coming postings. You'll need to send me an email (wilton@twiltondale.ca) so I can send it out to you by return email. I'm also asking for feedback once you've read—simple ratings of readability, believability, and emotional impact. When you do, you'll be helping me to hone my craft as a writer.
So before you go, send me that email. wilton@twiltondale.ca.
From the Fourth Comings archives
these are backstories to the fictional elements of my novel
An Incoming Tide.
Estelle meets Nikki
Leanne meets Gordon
July 2022 - The first portrait
Jackson's return from the coast *
Leanne, unnoticed
Jimmy's story *
Evildoers
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