...May is Short Story Month...http://shortstorymonth.com/

As May is Short Story Month, here's some links to read a few.  Full disclosure, I'm a whore.  The retail books on top and a few excerpts below those.

POWDER BLUE GENTLEMAN: iTunes, Lulu, Barnes & Noble - includes "These Old Hands of Mine", "Awaiting Art's Tide", "The Knight", "Fervidis"

HEART-SHAPED BOX: iTunes, Lulu, Barnes & Noble - includes "Carpool", "Chase", "The Tragedy of Teraku and Binjin"

BING CROSBY & THE INTERMINABLE DA VINCI: iTunes, Lulu, Barnes & Noble

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BING CROSBY...first three parts here, here, here and so forth...
CEYX & ALCYONE...a purposeful attempt at a tonal story
BLASTER..she carried her laser pistol with authority
PERFECIA...what we find when we dig through the dust of the past
MISS KITTY...on Wattpad
MAY, SHE THREATENED
SKIN
CHARLIE GUEST...on Wattpad
NUMBERS GAME...on Wattpad
NICK CAGE & JAY-Z: IN TIME...on Wattpad
WHAT ABSINTHE
OBVIOUSLY, POISON
PRESAM
EULOGY
LE MORT
THE SEQOI A STUDY
...that's what we call, in popular parlance, a veritable crap load.