Top 50 Short Stories This Year

This is a short story about Mary Jackson, little sister to Rick Jackson of The Richard Jackson Saga. We learn about some of her trials and tribulations growing up in the Jackson household

Mary has a bang up Fourth of July.

Little Johnny is growing up to become 'That Johnny'. Miss Symes, teaching enough history that kids know where Latin came from, had been warned about 'That Johnny'. But for teachers, every moment is a teaching moment. Elspeth, the girl next door, who lives across the street, if you climb the fence at Mary's house, could write a note and tape it up and open it tomorrow and it will ALL BE THAT JOHNNY'S FAULT! What could go wrong? Possibly Chapter 3 of the Elspeth Chronicles.

Mary Jackson has a bad day.

A tale of misunderstood love. And the struggles of being just a friend.

For more than seventy years Smith's Garage had been a fixture in the town. Someone decided that a house would look better at that location. A short and poignant look at politics.