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by JJ Holbert

Exploring the human condition, one short story at a time. I write my short-shorts just like everybody else - one word at a time.

Podcast episodes

  • Closer to the Edge

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    Closer to the Edge

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    Two middle aged couples got out to a show and experience both the familiar and the new.

  • Teacher of the Night

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    Teacher of the Night

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    Denise has a sexy side hustle, which is all well and good, until her students walked in.

  • Mental Illness Awareness Week

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    Mental Illness Awareness Week

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    The first week in October is Mental Illness Awareness Week. In honor of it, I recorded an excerpt of my novel Big Flame and Little Buck, Chapter 1, entitled 1983: A Concert, A Wreck, and A Phone Call. It is the first time we meet Pat Bates and Dante Zuckerman, the summer before their senior year of high school. Pat had been battling depression off and on during his junior year, but had been doing better as of late. That is, until the accident.

  • G.Y.S.T (gist)

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    G.Y.S.T (gist)

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    A man questions his confidence after a long marriage and eventual divorce

  • Broken Rules

    Broken Rules

    Anna connects folly from her college days to her current work with foster youth.