Dave's Thinking Stories

These are stories that I have written, mostly to help me think and crystallize ideas and feelings, and sometimes just for fun. They are offered here for your interest, enjoyment and perhaps value.

• The Conquering Spirit: Who will you become?
• Trench Warfare: Friends across the line.
• Jim Paused: On meaning and being made redundant.
• The Giant and the Fairy: Written for a young girl who was being bullied.
• Peace: On living and dying with grace.
• Questions, Questions: What children ask and how we answer.
• The Old Man: On the flight of time.
• Crossroads: On casual and terrible life choices.
• Hunting Ghost: Just a little ghost story.
• Teacher's Bet: A classroom con.
• Who Knows: Grass is green, maybe so is perception.
• A Delicate Balance: On connectedness of systems.
• Fragile: On the fragility of nature.
• Three Wishes: On happiness.
• From the Ruins: On vengeance and freedom.
• Subtle Choice: On choice and influence.
• Fragile Eggs: On lies, trust and learning.
• Rags and Generations: Like father, not like son.
• The Lonely Prince: Finding yourself.
• The Lord and the Princess: A story of true love.
• The Blind Boy: Escape and awakening.
• The Little Spider: The sad arrogance of youth.
• The Old Recluse: A fantasy unresolved.
• A Hard Knight's Day: Being a knight is not so easy.
• Alone: An old story. An ancient ache.
• The Ugly Swan: On the inside, it lasts longer.
• The Dugly Uckling: Spoons and tunes.
• Lost Boys: Chapter 1.