During the summer of 2006, there was an event that was big news for two days. Late on the second day, I came up with an idea that tied into the story. I thought it was just my luck that I would come up with a good story idea on a current event, but that it would be several months (at best) before I could get it published, by which time nobody would remember what I was talking about. So that is one reason for these weekly stories. This is a place where I can publish my current event stories and people will actually remember what I’m talking about. Cool, huh. To read the story that started all of this, click here.

There are also other reasons for me putting these up. One, forcing myself to write something each week is great practice. Two, it is a scheme I have for getting people to keep coming back to my website. (Sneaky, aren’t I?) And three, if I can actually keep writing a story a week, then at the end of 2007 I’ll have 52 stories dealing with all kinds of events. 2007: a year in 52 stories sounds like a good book title, doesn’t it? (I guess you can say the stories for 2006 were practice.)

Well, I didn’t get around to getting my 2007: a year in 52 stories polished up and out to see if I could get it published. But all was not a loss. I have numerous anthologies that I’m slowly working on, and most of these stories will end up in them.

I suspended my Weekly Stories for 2009 to free up time for other projects (see my December 2008 Newsletter for all the details). But I will probably get back to these for 2010.

I should warn you that these stories may be a little rough, but that’s because all of them went from a spark in my mind to words on a screen within a matter of days. And it is a good chance that none of them have been critiqued, so this is my writing at its rawest. Hope you enjoy.

I used to have all the stories here, but to simplify things I’ve started making seperate pages for the two halves of the year.

Stories from 2006.

Stories for the First Half of 2007.

Stories for the Second Half of 2007.

Stories for the First Half of 2008.

Stories for the Second Half of 2008.