Stopwatch Stories Vol. 1: Stopwatch Stories, #1

By M Todd Gallowglas

Brevity is the soul of wit. - Shakespeare 

Within this book you will find thirty-one stories written with this quote in mind. For 2016, I decided to challenge myself to create a flash fiction story every day for the whole year. So far I've been on track. You will find these stories brief, and hopefully some of them witty as well. This is a complete collection of the stories I wrote in January. Going forward. I will publish each month's stories as an ebook, and then collect them all in an omnibus edition, available in print and Ebook in early 2017.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bard's Cloak of Tales
• Release date: Mar 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524257606

Book preview

TRUTH AND LEGEND

LEGEND:

And Mathaeus the Cunning strode forth.

Long before he earned the name of Cunning,

Shame burning his cheeks and ears still ringing with

His father’s sharp words. Weak-hearted one!

Again and again, Father’s voice echoed within his mind,

Somehow, some way, Mathaeus would earn his father’s respect.

As his sister called behind him, urging him to return home,

Mathaeus spied a strange creature

In the field beyond the village.

He watched, and watched, and hushed his sister, as he yet still

Watched the strange creature, and then decided...

Ignoring his sister’s calls, Mathaeus stalked toward the