Archive - 100 Stories

Even More TKA "Notes & Outrageous Spoilers"

The Knuckleball Artist: A few final thoughts on a story that turned into a novella, derailed six months of my life, wiped out my subscriber numbers, and…

May 22

The Knuckleball Artist

An Americana tall tale of a washed-up Yankee, a misfit Little Leaguer, a notoriously long red light, the town of What Cheer, Iowa, and the world's last…

May 18 •

Story #13: "The Marquesan Tattoo"

On the evening he murders his wife, a London timber merchant receives a mysterious portrait—a tale of Victorian horror in five parts. Part One: A…

May 18 •

TKA: "Notes & Outrageous Spoilers"

The Knuckleball Artist: A few thoughts on the story that turned into a novella, derailed six months of my life, wiped out my subscriber numbers, and a…

May 16 •

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Epilogue)

A tearful factory worker, some sunflower seeds, talk radio, a Mother's Goodbye, and a writer who thought he'd read the last one out loud.

May 11 •

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 27)

The small print, the sweetest little bark, a kitten, trophies, a barber's chair, and a $500 small claims limit.

May 6 •

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 26)

A seized combine piston, a pinball flipper, a clean-and-jerk, and a hijacked school bus.

May 5 •

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 25)

A Final Sunset, Crazy Frank, Myrtle & Maury, Homer the Pharmacist, and Marty the Democrat.

May 4 •

April 2025

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 24)

A slow clap, a railroad spike, an AM radio, a mushroom cloud, scrap metal, a fib and a beep-beep. Everyone's at the field now.

Apr 27 •

best words, best order: susannah violette

a reading of the poem plum moon sighs

Apr 22 •

Susannah Violette

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Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 23)

A prayer circle, Brother Phineas, Gene Hackman, the Almighty, "Bud" Selig, an ice cream cone and a gum bubble.

Apr 20

Story #10: "The Knuckleball Artist" (Chapter 22)

Big city burglars, tea towel wisdom, the President of the 4th of July, fossilized gum, and a baseball card.

Apr 13

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