Short Stories

The Ghost Beside Me

A ghost sat beside me, rocking slowly on the small, wooden chair. In the steely silence I could hear only two things; the rhythmic beating of my heart and the creaking of that chair. I […]

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The Captain

I know there is a part of me who is jealous of you while there is another part of me who fears being just like you. The two may never reconcile themselves, but I know I am more like you than you are like me. 

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“Make sure you grab the right hose” (A humorous firefighter’s tale)

It may be one of those things that we in first response rarely talk about, but we’ve all experienced.  That “oh sh*t” moment….

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