Wedding Bands

“Wedding Bands,” a new piece of flash fiction up at the estimable “Friday Flash Fiction”.   Love.  Memory.  Pawn Shops.  Bob Dylan. Enjoy.  Right here: http://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/wedding-bands-by-doug-hoekstra  

Moon River

For some reason I woke with “Moon River” in my head this morning. I don’t care how much this song gets covered, it’s bulletproof and it always makes me feel good when I hear it. So, for the weekend, I give you my “cousin” Audrey Heburn singing it (for real) in Breakfast at Tiffany’s  – andContinueContinue reading “Moon River”

Half-Life

New piece of Doug Hoekstra flash fiction, “Half-Life,” published at Friday Flash Fiction, a relationship narrative dotted with plutonium and poetry.  Enjoy at the link below. http://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/half-life-by-doug-hoekstra

Don’t Touch My Ride

Found this pic from a trip to Stax, thought I’d take it somewhere, have some fun, and give a shout out to the great Isaac Hayes in the process.  Enjoy. Don’t Touch My Ride Don’t touch my ride They used to say In Memphis town Back in the day Pushing buttons Like a true clichéContinueContinue reading “Don’t Touch My Ride”

Exactly

Hello friends!  Recently I thought I’d try my hand at some Flash Fiction. It’s a good challenge, because you have to write super tight to tell a story in 50 ,100, or 300 words. Here’s a new piece, “Exactly”, that  went live on the Friday Flash Fiction zine on 9.13.  Thanks folks. You can findContinueContinue reading “Exactly”