by David W. Stoner | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog
A friend recently sent me a text message: Where are you? You’ve disappeared. I answered: I found it necessary to scurry back inside of myself. With a sense of urgency as if I’m being chased by a tiger. I’m not really being chased by a tiger, but something is chasing...
by David W. Stoner | Sep 28, 2018 | Short Stories
Santiago is thought to be the best fisherman in the village of Vizcuan because he brings the most fish to market. There are few days out of the year when Santiago doesn’t have fish to sell. Even though he is old and tired, he fishes every day. It is what he’s always...
by David W. Stoner | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog
Each moment of sorrow strips another layer from my ego and leaves my soul more exposed. Stripping away layers of ego leaves me more open to life’s magic, beauty, love, and the desire to hold nothing in reserve. Why wait? I have suffered heartache, but who hasn’t? What...
by David W. Stoner | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog
It is a quiet morning, except for the long, early morning echo of the train’s horn along the hollow of my heart; it is going to be a reflective, meditative day, I can tell, because whenever I wake up this early missing you so intensely, with such clear thoughts of...
by David W. Stoner | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog
Whenever I awaken from my dreams of you, a deep sadness overcomes me. I don’t know how I am pulled into these dreams, those dreams that bring me peace, but I do know that those comfortless moments that linger at the edge of my dream, that come just before the full...
