Phil W. Bayles

Serious ideas from a silly man.

short story

1 September, 2026

Letter of Resignation

A Short Story About A Butler Continue reading

Writing

Ask Jeeves, fiction, flash fiction, Letter of Resignation, short story, Writing
12 July, 2026

Kalsarikännit

A Short Story About Beer. Continue reading

Writing

drinking, fiction, flash fiction, kalsarikannit, pantsdrunk, short story, trunk stories, Writing
9 May, 2026

Cognitive Debt

A Short Story About The Scariest Sentence I’ve Ever Read Continue reading

Writing

50-Word Stories, Chat-GPT, cognitive debt, fiction, flash fiction, flowers for algernon, short story, Writing
3 February, 2026

Crunch

A Short Story About Productivity. Continue reading

Writing

crunch, flash fiction, productivity, satire, sci-fi, short story, trunk stories, Writing
5 December, 2025

Local Hero

A Short Story About A Scrapbook. Continue reading

Writing

fiction, flash fiction, NYC Midnight, short story, trunk stories, Writing
21 November, 2025

O Time Thy Pyramids

A Short Story About Typewriters. Continue reading

Writing

fantasy, fiction, o time thy pyramids, shakespeare, short story, silly goose press, typewriters, Writing
17 October, 2025

That’s Amore

A Short Story About Carbonara. Continue reading

Writing

competition, flash fiction, NYC Midnight, passing a test, pasta, romantic comedy, short story, Writing
10 October, 2025

Mourning Pages

A Short Story About Ink and Paper. Continue reading

Writing

fiction, morning pages, short story, the artist’s way, Writing
5 September, 2025

Love Bite

A 50-Word Horror Story Continue reading

Writing

50-Word Stories, fiction, horror, love bite, short story, Writing
17 August, 2025

I Just Spent 48 Hours Writing A Short Story…

…And Boy, Are My Arms Tired. Continue reading

Writing

competition, NYC Midnight, short story, Writing, writing jam