My 10 Favorite Short Stories of 2012

It was another good year for short stories in 2012. It is great this format has made a comeback. The time investment is minimal, yet the entertainment factor is high.  Here are 10 short stories that I really enjoyed for various reasons. I hope you might take the time to give them a read, check out the websites they were published on. If you dig them, maybe visit them in the future, and if the fancy strikes you, submit your own story(s) to them. I huge thank you to the authors for entertaining me so much!

Favorite Story I Read in 2012:
*too tough to pick from these 2, so it is a tie

JUDITH OF THE LIONS by R.S Bohn
Published by Three Lobe Burning Eye Magazine
Link to the Story HERE

EXPOSURE by Nick Boldock
Published by A Twist of Noir
Link to the Story HERE

My Other 8 Favorites ( in no particular order)

WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEMS by Thomas Pluck
Published by All Due Respect
Link to the Story HERE 

HELL by Christopher Black
Published by Thriller, Killers -n- Chillers
Link to the Story HERE

7 SECONDS by Erin Cole
Published by All Due Respect
Link to the Story HERE

LOSING TRACK by Col Bury
Published by A Twist of Noir
Link to the Story HERE

BABY BOY by A.J Hayes
Published by Yellow Mama
Link to the Story HERE

SNOW PATROL by Laura Roberts
Published by A Twist of Noir
Link to the Story HERE

ANOTHER MANS TREASURE by Joe Clifford
Published by Thriller, Killers -n- Chillers
Link to the Story HERE

LIKE CANDY by Jarrett Rush
Published by A Twist of Noir
Link to the Story HERE

Pluck You!

Still been a stressful time for the Reardons related  to my dad and the complications from his quadruple bypass, which was done on Jan 30th. He's been bedridded since and we got the call everyone dreads on Friday to get to the hospital asap. Fortunatley, he pulled through a very scary weekend, and is coherent and able to talk to us today. The old man still has some fight in him, and I knew he would not go out like that. Family is everything to me, and without my mom, two brothers, relatives, and friends, none of us would be able to make it through this. I am so lucky to have them!

The pic above is me and my wife Vikki getting ready to leave for our daughter's school "gala" fundraising event. It was a blast and we have really been enjoying the fact that our 2 kids are older, and now we can enjoy going out together (without them).

Thanks to Chris Ratighan's Blog, I  was able to read a great story by Thomas Pluck called "White People Problems" that is showcased on the All Due Respect site HERE

Tom is an author who I will always read and have been very entertained by all his stories. He's a big dude and seems like one heck of a nice guy. He supports other writers and has incredible "online manners". A real gent in every sense of the word.

You can check out Tom's site HERE