Author: John Abbott

  • John Abbott: Short Stories Are Exciting Challenges

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    I read short stories because they entertain and because they can give insight into how we live our lives. I write short stories because each one offers up its own world. I love the challenge each one presents. I write novels and poems, too, but the short story is more demanding than either of those…

  • Tornado Season

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    They only went down to the basement when the sirens forced them to. Even then Billy complained. “I don’t care if this house blows away,” he said. Renee, his sister, shook her head. “I don’t care either,” she said. “But my bed is right by a window and I don’t want to get cut up…