Once Upon A Time — Stories

This page lists all of the 141 free mini-stories from the Once Upon A Time collection. There's also an RSS feed.

I write a new story every week, and send them out on Monday mornings via email. You can subscribe to the free weekly tale here, or use the form below. Unsubscribe any time, from the link in every issue.


Flags

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 18th, 2023

Preservative

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 11th, 2023

Women's Studies

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 4th, 2023

When the Lights Came On

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 28th, 2023

Chicken

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 21st, 2023

Accuracy and Precision

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 14th, 2023

The Sand King

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 7th, 2023

The Gifted

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 31st, 2023

God's Taxi

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 24th, 2023

Good Causes

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 17th, 2023

One Kind

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 10th, 2023

The Railway Station

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 3rd, 2023

The Window to Winter

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 26th, 2023

Choose Your Curse

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 19th, 2023

Michael Backwards

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 12th, 2023

On the Lightning

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 5th, 2023

A Lot In Common

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 29th, 2023

Salinity

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 22nd, 2023

Heisenbug

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 15th, 2023

Nudge

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 8th, 2023

Sweet and Sour Pork

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 1st, 2023

Innocence

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 24th, 2023

Two Lifetimes

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 17th, 2023

Fuzzy

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 10th, 2023

The Rose Window

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 3rd, 2023

Baby Roberts

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 27th, 2023

Birthday Money

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 20th, 2023

Q-icide

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 13th, 2023

The Ferryman

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 6th, 2023

The Etymology of Magic

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 27th, 2023

Dear Sir

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 20th, 2023

Let's Get Started

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 13th, 2023

A Magnificent Resonance

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 6th, 2023

Ray Cats

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 30th, 2023

Tags

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 23rd, 2023

Chain of Evidence

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 16th, 2023

Making Things

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 9th, 2023

Daughters of the Moon

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 2nd, 2023

What You Seek

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 26th, 2022

The Rehearsal

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 19th, 2022

The Confessional

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 12th, 2022

So Clearly

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 5th, 2022

My Business

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 28th, 2022

The Portrait Gallery

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 21st, 2022

Sell A Cat To A Mouse

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 14th, 2022

Consequences

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 7th, 2022

Decisions, Decisions

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 31st, 2022

Going Once

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 24th, 2022

Bordertime

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 17th, 2022

Where the world is broken

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 10th, 2022

Tea

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 3rd, 2022

Barrier Concept

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 26th, 2022

Encounter

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 19th, 2022

The Orchard

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 12th, 2022

Getting Older

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 5th, 2022

Maybe We Could

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 29th, 2022

Five Possibilities

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 22nd, 2022

Undiscovered

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 15th, 2022

Hitmaker

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 8th, 2022

Warm Rain

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 1st, 2022

The Night Clinic

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 25th, 2022

Winner

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 18th, 2022

Bubby

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 11th, 2022

Psychosomatic

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 4th, 2022

Madness

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 27th, 2022

Goat Paths

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 20th, 2022

Blank

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 13th, 2022

More Time

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 6th, 2022

Worship

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 30th, 2022

Pretend

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 23rd, 2022

How It Is Around Here

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 16th, 2022

Renewables

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 9th, 2022

Compatibility

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 2nd, 2022

Assembly

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 25th, 2022

Tactical

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 18th, 2022

Late

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 11th, 2022

Paradise

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 4th, 2022

Erase

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 28th, 2022

From Below

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 21st, 2022

To the Bones

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 14th, 2022

Musicianship

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 7th, 2022

Transformations

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 28th, 2022

Chugger

A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 21st, 2022

Therapy

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 14th, 2022

Renewal

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 7th, 2022

Exempt

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 31st, 2022

Sleep

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 24th, 2022

The Attaché

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 17th, 2022

Opting Out

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 10th, 2022

The Way of Things

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 3rd, 2022

Joy

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 27th, 2021

Gone

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 20th, 2021

Samaritan

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 13th, 2021

Lens

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Dec 6th, 2021

Just What I Wanted

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 29th, 2021

Ornaments

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 22nd, 2021

Neighbourhoods

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 15th, 2021

To Me, You Are A Window

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 8th, 2021

Customs

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Nov 1st, 2021

Letter E

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 25th, 2021

Me Time

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 18th, 2021

Stakeholders

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 11th, 2021

Infringement

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Oct 4th, 2021

Poignancies

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 27th, 2021

Twitcher

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 20th, 2021

Retrogenesis

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 13th, 2021

Patrol

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Sep 6th, 2021

The Tradesman

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 30th, 2021

Beautiful Walls

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 23rd, 2021

Undeserving

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 16th, 2021

Like / Follow / Kill

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 9th, 2021

Down Deep

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Aug 2nd, 2021

The Tesseract

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 26th, 2021

Divergent

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 19th, 2021

Paper

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 12th, 2021

Biometrics

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jul 5th, 2021

Famous

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 28th, 2021

Enantiomorph

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 21st, 2021

Familiar

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 14th, 2021

Monsters

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jun 7th, 2021

I Remember Everything

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 31st, 2021

Slow

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 24th, 2021

Look The Other Way

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 17th, 2021

Ignite

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 10th, 2021

The Magician

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

May 3rd, 2021

Next Stop

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 26th, 2021

Aliens

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 19th, 2021

The Forest

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 12th, 2021

Your Heart's Desire

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Apr 5th, 2021

Burrowers

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 29th, 2021

Piety

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 22nd, 2021

The Hotel

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 15th, 2021

Regarding My Work

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 8th, 2021

Justice System

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Mar 1st, 2021

DNR

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 22nd, 2021

The Puzzle

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 15th, 2021

The Archminister

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 8th, 2021

Dice

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Feb 1st, 2021

Reading Time

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 25th, 2021

Antisocial

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 18th, 2021

Nine Mile Burn

A weekly story from my Once Upon A Time series.

Jan 11th, 2021