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    Recent Short Stories

    by Jamie McKenzie

    A new short story set in Istanbul:
    Love in a time of pandemic

    Two runners meet and explore romantic possibilities whilst coping with masks and COVID.

    Don't fall in love with a dreamer

    In this story, a couple falls in love but struggles with the damage resulting from the woman's gambling.

    When autumn leaves . . .

    Cassandra is a gifted young university professor who finds her romance dissolving as her partner struggles with his own teaching and graduate studies.

    Full of sound and fury

    Alan and Misty seem to have a perfect romance until Misty struggles with Alan being just a bit too sweet, a bit too wonderful.

    Thanks to Bill

    Sam has a very bad experience with a date-rape drug in a so-called "Gentleman's Club" in Dallas, Texas.




    Short Stories from 1992-93

    by Jamie McKenzie
    © 1993

    Getting Personal

    Marilyn places an ad in the dating personals and finds the results intriguing.

    Leap Frog

    When the driver smiled in a provocative, friendly way as she roared by with long blond hair streaming behind, he had accelerated to stay with her. It was innocent!

    Snapshot

    She first noticed him boarding - or trying to board - the commuter flight taking her home to the island. He seemed lost, confused, virtually disoriented and, most probably, senile.

    Tell it to a perfect stranger

    "Tell it to a perfect stranger!" became the motto for the VIRTUAL THERAPY exchangeries which had popped up across the city like the nail salons of the late '80s. Exchangeries, though, were usually located in what used to be bank lobbies. Banks were perfect once you ripped out the junk where the employees used to stand or work.