Stories

A list, in no particular order, of the stories I have been fortunate to have had published. Hopefully more to come soon!

Spillwords – The Grand Adventure

Friday Flash Fiction – Zondor the Great

Storywrite – Christmas at the Mall

Spillwords – Finding Christmas Along Interstate 75

Spillwords – When the Levee Breaks

Originally published on Postcard Shorts, which sadly went defunct ;-(, then moved to Fewer Than 500, which also shuttered its virtual doors, Whispers , is now on Friday Flash Fiction.

Friday Flash Fiction – Retirement Rescue

Spillwords 12 Days of Christmas – A Christmas Rose

Friday Flash Fiction – The Christmas Letter

Spillwords – The Magic in the Witch’s Cauldron (my 100th story to be published)

Friday Flash Fiction – Summer’s Last Hurrah

Friday Flash Fiction – Carlos’ Little Corner Store

Friday Flash Fiction (Edinburgh Book Festival contest) – The Wind’s Stirring

Friday Flash Fiction – The Bottom Line

Friday Flash Fiction (Editor’s Choice Award winner)- Who’ll Stop the Rain?

Spillwords Press – Stand by Me

Friday Flash Fiction – Intelligent Design

Friday Flash Fiction (WINNER, SIDERIUS MEMORIAL PRIZE) – Offsides

Friday Flash Fiction – The Stalker

Spillwords – A Chocolate Milkshake for Christmas

Friday Flash Fiction – Mele Kalikimaka

Friday Flash Fiction – A Day of Giving

Friday Flash Fiction – The Encore

Friday Flash Fiction – Lisa’s Demise

Friday Flash Fiction – The Presentation

Friday Flash Fiction – Hang Ten

Friday Flash Fiction – Sometimes You Do What’cha Gotta Do

Friday Flash Fiction – A Gap Through the Generations

Friday Flash Fiction – The Workshop

Spillwords – The Donut Shop

Friday Flash Fiction – Jasmine

Friday Flash Fiction – Back to Normal Again, by Jim Bartlett – Friday Flash Fiction

Friday Flash Fiction – Two Straws

Friday Flash Fiction – The Choice

Friday Flash Fiction – Would I Ever…

Friday Flash Fiction – When to Say When

Friday Flash Fiction – The Follow Up Act

Spillwords Press – The Day After Christmas

Friday Flash Fiction – A Christmas Dream

Friday Flash Fiction – Gas Money For Grams

Friday Flash Fiction 100-word challenge – The Long Commute Ahead

Friday Flash Fiction – You Can’t Hurry Love

Spillwords Press – Oh Where, Oh Where has Halloween Gone

Friday Flash Fiction – The Conspiracy

Friday Flash Fiction – Optical Illusions

Friday Flash Fiction (SHORTLISTED, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL COMPETITION)– Lost

Friday Flash Fiction – The Vaccine

Friday Flash Fiction – Mon’ter

Friday Flash Fiction – Jake

Friday Flash Fiction – The Podcast

Spillwords Press – Apples and Oranges

Friday Flash Fiction – Postings

Friday Flash Fiction – Dog

Friday Flash Fiction – Like a Rolling Stone

Friday Flash Fiction – Best Friends

Scarlet Leaf Review – Isle of Palms

Friday Flash Fiction – Better Late Than Never

Friday Flash Fiction – Hello, Goodbye

Spillwords – 12 Days of Christmas – Confession at St Mary’s

Friday Flash Fiction Christmas Challenge (100 words) – All I Want For Christmas

Friday Flash Fiction Christmas Challenge (100 words) – First to the Top

Friday Flash Fiction Christmas Challenge (100 words) – Stocking Stuffer

Friday Flash Fiction Christmas Challenge (100 words) – Charity Case

Friday Flash Fiction – Turkey Day

Spillwords – A Knock at the Door

Spillwords Press – 13 Days of Halloween – Bad Moon Rising

Friday Flash Fiction – The Investment

Friday Flash Fiction – Out of the Mouths of Babes

Friday Flash Fiction – The Diagnosis

Friday Flash Fiction – The Partner

Spillwords – Absolution Trail

Friday Flash Fiction – Who Wants to be Normal?

Friday Flash Fiction – The Red Feather

Friday Flash Fiction – Castles in the Sand

Friday Flash Fiction – The Interview

Spillwords – A Fresh Cuppa Joe

Friday Flash Fiction – A Pivotal Fix

Friday Flash Fiction – The Basement Chamber

Friday Flash Fiction – Prepared

Friday Flash Fiction – Madame Divine

Spillwords “Spotlight on Writers” interview – Interview

Friday Flash Fiction – The New Guy

Spillwords – Jamaican Sands

Originally on Medium, Jack is now on Spillwords

Flash Fiction Friday – Face of Terror

Spillwords (Featured Story) – Doug’s Place

Friday Flash Fiction (Christmas Season Contest) – The Nudge

Friday Flash Fiction – The Escape

Friday Flash Fiction – Elixir

Friday Flash Fiction – Opportunity of a Lifetime

Friday Flash Fiction – The Bucket

Friday Flash Fiction – The Closet

Fiction on the Web – A Rude Awakening

Friday Flash Fiction – The Parting

Spillwords – What’s Good For The Goose…

Originally published on Ontologica, my first published story now lives on Fiction on the Web – Ordinary Average Guy

Fiction on the Web – The Visit

The Visit is also available in print in the June, 2017 issue of The Scarlet Leaf Review –  The Visit Part 1

Fairlight Books – Last Rites

Short-Story.me – (a cliché baseball story) – The Comebacker

Fiction on the Web – The Bridge

Also available in the print anthology – The Best of Fiction on the Web – Volume 1, 1996 – 2017

Friday Flash Fiction – Regrets

Short-Story.me – The Promise

Fiction on the Web – Binary Code

Flash Fiction Friday – (a little whimsy in this all too serious world) – Life’s A Zoo

Short-Story.me – Boulevard Stop

Fiction on the Web – (a novella) – A Change Of Mind

Formerly on Postcard Shorts (defunct ;-( ), my 100- word story, The Grand Slam , can now be found on Friday Flash Fiction

Fiction on the Web – (a serial killer story) – Murder By The Book

Murder By The Book originally appeared in the print issue of CrimeSpree Magazine’s Oct/Nov 2012 issue

Short-Story.me – A Sleight Of Hand

The hate to mention, but unfortunately a necessity clause 😉

All stories provided here are written by Jim Bartlett, who asserts his right under the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act of 1988 to be identified as the author. Feel free to quote or copy, but please link back to the appropriate site and cite both the publisher (after all, they’ve been kind enough to feature my work) and the author. (Not that any of this is Mark Twain, but I did have to put at least a couple of brain cells together to find words that worked. ) Thanks!!