This past Sunday, less than twenty people were gathered to worship at the usual time at the tiny church I attend in my little swath of the Midwest. Instead of gathering in the sanctuary, most of us instead sat in Fellowship Hall, congregating around tables as we snacked on treats and watched a livestream of […]
Tag: story
Prologue – The Year of the Winding Road
This is the prologue of my second serial novel, The Year of the Winding Road < click here to see the main page for the novel, read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Note to readers: While this story does have events in it that […]
May the Force be with you
I’m not much of a Star Wars fan. I’ve watched some of the movies multiple times (mainly the original trilogy since, well, I am a child of the 80s) and have seen a few of the other things. But I am not a diehard fan like some of my friends and family members are. That […]
Diary of a Revolution
Another post-apocalyptic story I started with an idea that went nowhere. This was a dream I had, but i couldn’t get the details down correctly so I just have the journal entry – I don’t even have a name for the narrator. As I stated in the disclaimer above, I originally posted this on a […]
villains in someone else’s story
Let’s talk about Judas Iscariot for a moment. Oh, have I got your attention? Good. I always think about the musical Jesus Christ Superstar when I think about Judas Iscariot. The song Heaven on Their Minds is the first sung song in the musical and Judas sings it, creating a conflicted character that believes he […]
Sorry to a Friend
Can you tell once upon a time I wanted to write angsty stuff? I was listening to Edwin McCain one night (Sorry to a Friend) and this came to mind. So I started to write. He was sitting in the bar, drinking a bottle of cheap beer, and talking to the dude sitting next to […]
The Stranger in the Compound
This was an idea that had started out being a postapocalyptic novel about redemption – I just never could find more meat for the story, so to speak. So I re-wrote it as a short story. I hope the message I wanted to convey is still there: He came out of nowhere, just wandered in […]
A Falling Out
This story was a dream that I had once upon a time. It’s kind of a corny story, but I have always liked it. As I stated in the disclaimer above, I originally posted this on a blog called Short Stories, but want all of my works in one place now, so I am moving […]
Seekers
My little abode is a little less brighter today. You see, yesterday I packed away all of the Christmas decorations. Down came the tree with its multitudes of decorations, all glittery and wonderfully themeless. Down came the stockings and garland. Down came the wreaths and all the tchotchkes. Most importantly, down came all of the […]
Grief comes like a thief
It has taken me days to get words to paper, as it should. This past Saturday night, after saying good bye to one of my besties who had spent the day with us, the other half and I decided to call his dad and stepmother to check in on them. Today, I am grateful I […]
K. S. Wood Writes 