Short Stories

Josie Mirabal sacrificed two and a half vacation days to meet her online lover. For the past month and a half, a man calling himself Mike Halverson had sent daily messages via her personal blog, Friends of Reflective Surfaces, sharing his opinion about all things shiny and, eventually, his interest in her. Josie’s collection of mirrored crystal figurines (she’d posted several photos of her favorite clowns and dancers) had initially attracted Mike’s attention. Although she did

... is based on Star Lake, a sister community to the hamlet of Wanakena, where the novels in the Love and Murder in the Adirondacks series are set. It was published in a nifty online journal currently on hiatus – Tough. Enjoy! Gene Polson had a keen mind, a woodworker’s hands, and an appetite for sweet treats and women, not necessarily in that order. Everyone in Star Lake knew the man. Most liked him. However, they shook their heads and sighed whenever they saw him escorting