Category Archives: Short Stories

  1. The photograph…

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    April 25, 2016 by Whispering Smith

    The photograph If you stared at her photograph long enough the hint of the smile deepened, became real, a warm …
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    Category: Poetry, The Column

  2. Row, row, row your boat gently on the lake

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    April 8, 2016 by Whispering Smith

    Whispering Smith Column published in the Littlehampton Gazette 31st March 2016 Way, way back in the day when our lovely …
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    Category: Local, Local Articles, The Column | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  3. IT’S A DOG’S LIFE… a local short story…

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    May 10, 2014 by Whispering Smith

    IT’S A DOG’S LIFE… It was windy, cool for July, but the rain had passed. I watched a buzzard being …
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    Category: Local, Short Stories

  4. RED SAILS IN THE MORNING

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    February 11, 2014 by Whispering Smith

    Mercedes Robins walked the length of the pier and standing beside the vandalised twenty-pence-in-the-slot telescope, looked out to sea.  Halfway …
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    Category: Local

  5. SUNDAY MOURNING

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    January 24, 2014 by Whispering Smith

    SUNDAY MOURNING Sundays are always slow days for me and wet ones are especially so. I had just filed my …
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    Category: Local

  6. The Last Country Song – a new LA Short Story

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    November 10, 2012 by Whispering Smith

    THE LAST COUNTRY SONG You hear the music and you move and the new steps you learn twist you around …
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    Category: Local, Short Stories

  7. Dogbite Three – a third Short Western Story

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    October 27, 2012 by Whispering Smith

    Dogbite three HOME ON THE RANGE Henry Lee said, ‘Crow, you ever considered becoming a motion picture star? ‘What’s a …
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    Category: Westerns

  8. Home From The Sea – an LA Short Story

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    October 3, 2012 by Whispering Smith

    HOME FROM THE SEA The man was not old but part of his life was done with. The sea was …
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    Category: Local, Short Stories

  9. Dogbite Two – a Second Short Western Story….

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    October 3, 2012 by Whispering Smith

    One generous comment from a reader suggested that Henry Lee and Dan Crow of the recent short story DOGBITE should …
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    Category: Short Stories, Westerns

  10. BILLY THE KID

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    September 27, 2012 by Whispering Smith

    Meet Billy Moon the Oglala Sioux, you will be hearing more from Billy, Dorothy and the pistol that was once …
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    Category: Americana

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