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Original Story — A Second Chance At History

By Bob WelbaumDecember 26, 2020Original Writing

This original story appears in my book Stories: Short and Strange, available on this website and at Amazon.com in both paperback (https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Short-Strange-Bob-Welbaum/dp/B0874PCH2G/ref=sr_1_1?) and download editions (https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Short-Strange-Bob-Welbaum-ebook/dp/B0876GGCMG/ref=sr_1_14?). A Second Chance at History Jerome had felt fear before, but this was different. Much different. The man on his right disappeared from his peripheral vision with a scream.

Happy Halloween — The Joy in Forgotten Objects

By Bob WelbaumOctober 31, 2020Original Writing

This is as close as I can come to a good Halloween story. It was originally published at BewilderingStories.com in Issue 612, and was an Editors’ Choice in the 2015 First Quarterly Review. It’s also included in my book Stories Short and Strange, available on this website and Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle versions (https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bob+welbaum&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss). By the

Some Thoughts on the Debate

By Bob WelbaumOctober 1, 2020Original Writing, Political

Normally I don’t discuss politics here, and I didn’t watch last night’s Presidential Debate. I usually don’t watch speeches, either. I monitor a half-dozen news feeds, and I figure if anything important happens, I’ll learn about it that way. But what these news sources have told me today has caused an assessment of our current

Still Available: Stories Short and Strange

By Bob WelbaumSeptember 19, 2020Original Writing

How strange am I? Now you can see for yourself. I’ve written 19 short stories over the past several years, eight of which have been published on the Bewildering Stories website (http://bewilderingstories.com/). To keep busy during the quarantine, I put them all together into a book that’s now available on Amazon.com. The book comes in two flavors —

There’s Defunding, and Then There’s Defunding

By Bob WelbaumSeptember 10, 2020Original Writing, Political

It’s happened again. The headline reads “A mom called 911 to help her 13-year-old with autism. Utah police shot him” by USA Today’s N’dea Yancey-Bragg. Basically, a mother returned to work for the first time in a year. But her 13-year-old son with Asperger’s syndrome had separation anxiety, which led to a “mental health episode.”

Brave New World of Education

By Bob WelbaumAugust 29, 2020Education, Original Writing

When I got back from running Thursday afternoon, I had a voice message from the high school. They needed a substitute teacher for special-needs classes. I’ve been so bored I was happy to take the job. The students I had today were functional special needs. They’re attending half-days, one group in the morning and one

The Doll Trilogy

By Bob WelbaumAugust 25, 2020Original Writing

In August 2019, I announced the publication of a story about a girl and a very special doll. One story has led to three, and now all three are available at at this website by clicking on the link in the heading. They are also available on Amazon.com in multiple formats — Kindle downloads ($1.99

Some Thoughts on Opportunity

By Bob WelbaumJuly 30, 2020Original Writing, Political

I think most of us would agree that this country turned out pretty well. The Founding Fathers did a really good job of getting us started, with a constitution that has been amended only 27 times in over 232 years of its operation. It works about as well in the modern age as in the

Now Available: STORIES SHORT AND STRANGE

By Bob WelbaumJuly 29, 2020Original Writing

Original Story: With A Little Help From My Friend

By Bob WelbaumJuly 20, 2020Original Writing

The nice folks at Bewildering Stories (http://bewilderingstories.com/) have published another of my short stories — “Detective Jim Jenkins is quite successful in solving cases and pursuing justice. He has the help of a partner whose career has not really been cut short.” (http://bewilderingstories.com/issue864/help_friend1.html) This turned out really well, so well that I’m working on a

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