SHORT STORIES
by Dennis Wammack
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"Empty Glass: A Midnight Conversation"
Why does a writer write and from where do they get their stories?
Introducing the irrepressible Mr. Bubb, who goes on a midnight stroll with a bottle of cognac and an agenda never quite revealed and who prompts a stranger to answer these presumably simple questions.
An almost true story except for the Louis XIII cognac and maybe Bubba. |
A "Chronicles of Mr. Bubb" story.
3234 words.
Published 06/07/2019
Revised 06/07/2022
Revised 01/01/2024
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"The Naming”
A fictional history of two stray city dogs who adopt a person. My oldest daughter did not want a dog, certainly not two large dogs. She was a single woman living in a second story apartment. None-the-less, they came to her. Everyone who adopts a rescue dog wonders about the past life of the animal. Even though fictional, her dogs now have a history. This story is for my oldest daughter; it is for everyone who has taken in a stray or rescue animal. |
A "Rescue Dog" Story.
4196 words,
11 pages.
Published 02/22/14
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"The Peace of Bark"
The story of a rescue dog and his redemptive effects on the lives of various humans who cross his path. The story is fictional but was inspired by my youngest daughter, her husband, and all of the dogs they have rescued Although this is not their story, there is a story there worthy of being told. And until its telling, this is my best effort to make a case for all the abandoned, homeless animals out there worthy of a life with dignity and respect. |
A "Rescue Dog" Story.
4492 words,
12 pages.
Published 02/22/14
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"Dorothy and the Quantum Mechanic"
“Dorothy and The Quantum Mechanic” is two separate stories, read concurrently. One story proposes novel pop-scientific theories and the second story proposes how these theories would affect the after-life. The story provides a quantitative definition of time, a quantitative definition of the soul, explains the nature of the universe and of the white light at life's end. Maybe true stories of death and the universe. |
A "White Light" story.
3307 words,
10 pages.
Published 03/03/14
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"Country Light"
Country Light” recounts the Christmas night of a young 90+ year old woman where she finds what she did not even know she was seeking. |
A "White Light" story.
3875 words,
16 pages.
Published 05/02/2014
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"Joshua Maximus,
The Gospel According To The Storyteller”
The story proposes a history of Jesus and John the Baptist, two of the most important figures in religious history, from a secular viewpoint.
The book is not in the "Christian Book" genre. |
A "Secular Religious History" story.
15709 words,
36 pages.
Published 11/28/2013
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"Disciple: The Devil's Advocate”
"The Disciple” describes a business meeting beytween Satan and Paul of Tsarus. It is a tongue-in-cheek offering to people who take every word in the King James Bible as absolute literal truth and exclude the possibility that other interpretations and faiths are as valid as their own faith. The parody is not to be taken seriously. |
A "Chronicles of Mr. Bubb" story. 2760 words.
Published 12/20/2013
Revised 01/01/2024
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“The Lord”
“The Lord” is a 5600 word speculative history short story which narrates a secular explanation for the period of history between Abraham and Moses. It proposes new relationships between the cast of bigger than life characters of this period which includes Hagar, Abraham, Sarai, Ishmael, and Isaac. The story is speculative religious history with a dash of science fiction. |
A "Secular Religious History" story.
5663 words,
14 pages.
Published 12/15/2013,
02/25/2014
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"Genesis, We Begin"
"Genesis, We Begin" is a fictional history of the twelve thousand year old Gobekli Tepe archeological site recently unearthed in southwest Turkey near the Syrian border. The story imagines people and events which might have existed at the emergence of civilzation and accepts as true the scholarly suggestions that Gobekli Tepe was the source of the biblical book of Genesis. Hence, "Genesis, We Begin" becomes a secular retelling of the first book in the Bible. |
A "Secular Religious History" story.
31526 words,
79 pages.
Published 11/27/2018
ISBN 780463759288
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"Dealt: A Game for Western Civilization"
Mr. Bubb delights in high stakes games; especially when he is the dealer; especially when he can stack the deck. He now has a wonderful deal. All that remains is to convince the right players to join him. Western civilization? Why, yes. That is the stake. |
A "Chronicles of Mr. Bubb" story.
1983 words.
Published 06/07/2019
Revised 01/01/2024
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"Revelation Affirmed: The Fate of Civilization"
Mr. Bubb, aka Bubba, aka bLz, committer of the original sin, is offered a chance at redemption by his associates. They allow him the opportunity to save humanity from extinction. Poor bLz. He has virtually no possibility for success. |
A "Chronicles of Mr. Bubb" story.
2354 words,
8 pages.
Re-published 02/2024
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"The Answer:
A Scientific Fantasy
on Themes by Zarathustra, Spinoza, and Planck"
"The Answer" is a collection of snapshots, vignettes, excerpts and scientific nonsense attempting to answer the question, "What's it all about?" |
A Metaphysical Story.
3045 words,
9 pages.
Re-published 02/2024
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"The Tree of Life: A Short Story"
Is there really a "Tree of Life?"
Why, yes. There really is. |
A Metaphysical story
To be published mid-2024
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