Here’s a little something from my previous book The Tenth Inning (2015), a collection of baseball-themed stories and poems. But as any artist knows, when you write about a “thing” it’s the “thing” itself and the other “thing” behind it. The platform or backdrop, so to speak. Hope you enjoy the read, thanks. Doug Hats WhiteContinueContinue reading “Hats”
Category Archives: short stories
The Open Window
Happy to return to Feminine Collective with a new short story, “The Open Window.” Glad to be a repeat contributor to this journal. As they say at FC, it’s a journal in which “powerful women” (and a few good men) share their inspiring stories of daily life….humanity, raw, and unfiltered. Check it out and enjoy.ContinueContinue reading “The Open Window”
Hello It’s Me
Hello It’s Me (A Short Story) A black piece of plastic spun around and around, etched memories carved into grooves and transmitted into the ethers through diamond cut magic. Timeless. Better than digital. Warmer and somehow, more human. Vinyl never closed, it just cut its hours and came back with a vengeance in the newContinueContinue reading “Hello It’s Me”
Performance Art
Happy to debut a new short story, “Performance Art,” published this month at Trampset (“a literary journal for the tramps”). Managed to work in Tony Hillerman, Modest Mouse, and Marlon Brando. But, the idea was to write something in second-person, ala the brilliant Lorrie Moore. My ex-students may remember that exercise….enjoy! https://trampset.org/performance-art-cf1df457c60a
Billy and The Tuba
Doug Hoekstra reads “Billy and The Tuba,” a short story from his award-winning “Bothering the Coffee Drinkers” collection. Live at Elastic in Chicago. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWjGiCn4BvA And if you like what you hear, you can click here and pick up a copy: Amazon
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