Dave's Thinking Stories

These are stories that I have written, mostly to help me think and crystallize ideas and feelings, and sometimes just for fun. They are offered here for your interest, enjoyment and perhaps value.

The Conquering Spirit: Who will you become?
The Yellow Balloon: Flying high.
Trench Warfare: Friends across the line.
Jim Paused: On meaning and being made redundant.
The Giant and the Fairy: Written for a young girl who was being bullied.
Peace: On living and dying with grace.
Questions, Questions: What children ask and how we answer.
The Old Man: On the flight of time.
Crossroads: On casual and terrible life choices.
Hunting Ghost: Just a little ghost story.
Teacher's Bet: A classroom con.
Who Knows: Grass is green, maybe so is perception.
A Delicate Balance: On connectedness of systems.
Fragile: On the fragility of nature.
Three Wishes: On happiness.
From the Ruins: On vengeance and freedom.
Subtle Choice: On choice and influence.
Fragile Eggs: On lies, trust and learning.
Rags and Generations: Like father, not like son.
The Lonely Prince: Finding yourself.
The Lord and the Princess: A story of true love.
The Blind Boy: Escape and awakening.
The Little Spider: The sad arrogance of youth.
The Old Recluse: A fantasy unresolved.
A Hard Knight's Day: Being a knight is not so easy.
Alone: An old story. An ancient ache.
The Ugly Swan: On the inside, it lasts longer.
The Dugly Uckling: Spoons and tunes.
Lost Boys: Chapter 1.