Category: Short Stories

Dear Potential Reader,

Ever spend time with someone that is so rough, you need something to get you through it? It might just be the promise of a reprieve. It might be a drink or a smoke. For Lauren Pace it is something that has to do with the Hatchback Woman, in A CIGARETTE.

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As mentioned earlier, this is one of the early tales, where I was trying to turn the Lady’s story into something of an investigation with two leads in the same fashion as The X-Files. But the heart of the story has always been how different people handle what they have received. So, while this one complicates the overall narrative with a building of events, it serves as another evaluation of what those in the Hatchback Woman’s vicinity chose to do.

Check in every First Friday of every month for another Tale of the Hatchback Woman.

Hope you enjoy.

All the best,

DAN JIRE

Dear Potential Reader,

Some conversations reveal veiled truths. How would you like to know which came first . . . the chicken or the egg? Join two thieves looking to get back one of the Hatchback Woman’s magical objects in THE EGG.

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If you’ve read THIS, then you know the genesis of the tales of the Hatchback Woman was a writing exercise. That’s it. ‘Let me practice.’ So, it only seemed fitting back in 2020 when I was practicing writing ‘dialog only tales’ that I would try my hand at a Hatchback Woman tale in this format. So here it is, warts and all. And take note, this is the first ever publication of this tale, so remember you read it here first.

Check in every First Friday of every month for another Tale of the Hatchback Woman.

Hope you enjoy.

All the best,

DAN JIRE

Dear Potential Reader,

THE FIRE is just the warm story for a scorching hot August day . . . wait . . . did I get this wrong? Probably you would want something cooler to think about. But that’s not in the cards for this tale of the Hatchback Woman. So, get yourself a glass of ice water (or whatever cool beverage you prefer) and join us for the story of an Aunt who means well . . .

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I’m actually not a fan of the smell of smoke and ash. I love sitting out by a fire. But the second I’m done and I come inside the last thing I want to smell is the smoke. Still, the flames themselves have always been captivating. Like watching a wild animal on the verge of breaking out of its cage. We can sit comfortably knowing the fire is contained, but the second it leaps out and begins to spread, then it is the worst kind of animal—because there is no reasoning with fire.

Remember kids, never play with matches, but check back every First Friday of the month for another tale of the Hatchback Woman.

Hope you enjoy.

All the best,

DAN JIRE

Dear Potential Reader,

Do you ever plan to do something later? When you get the time? When your finances are finally in order? When you finally have a day off? In this month’s Tale of the Hatchback Woman, a young mechanic finds out what he’s been putting off in THE PIN.

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Sometimes, I wish I could take my own advice. But we’re all creatures who secretly crave both the known and the routine. We’re conditioned to stay on a path because of some inherent fear of the unknown. How much do we hold our own selves back because it is simply easier not to rock the boat?

I won’t rock your boat too much, as with the past few months, check in every First Friday of every month for another Tale of the Hatchback Woman.

Hope you enjoy.

All the best,

DAN JIRE

Dear Potential Reader,

THE AIR is Another tale of the Hatchback Woman is set at a party hosted by a scout leader hoping to teach his scouts a very important lesson. But that couldn’t go as planned, not when one of the Lady’s gifts is present . . .

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The following short story is one of the many Hatchback Woman stories where i tried to hide the formula and approach the ‘telling’ in a different way. In this case, I used a flashback, so the structure is B-A-C instead of the straightforward A-B-C of a normally told tale. Whether this enhances the story is always up for debate.

Hope you enjoy.

All the best,

DAN JIRE