Articles by John Gargrave

An Honorable Discharge The red phone rang from across the room and Tony Kingsman hurried to answer it. Every call was treated with the same…

Art and Craft  It was one of those fresh-scrubbed mornings, the kind that rises when you least expect it and dares you to wake up…

The Bar Dalliance The night is a bitter remnant of winter, a season in Buffalo that seems to stretch right into the following autumn. The…

Sirens Of The Harbor His arms could not be ignored. They swung forward like a challenge to tighten in the hard light of his desk….

The Night Watch The basement hallway echoed like a crypt as Paul Edwards descended the stairs and dropped his suitcase at the door. He bent…

The Road Scholar Bobby rolled in the blanket without opening his eyes. His feet were still warm, and his head didn’t ache too much. Not…

Undue Reason “I don’t believe it, Brian. Aren’t you ready yet?” Rheta Lyon smiled to see the back of her husband’s head sink slightly into…

A Handful of Dust The dust came in April. In the first week of an unrelenting, unrepenting April. And at first it went unnoticed, it…

A Question Of Balance Johnny stood at the admittance desk and looked through his tears at Dr. Kurt. The doors of the hospital had been…

The Devil’s Advocate Satan has a plan. A plan he conceived at the very beginning of Time. He’s had to wait through the ages for…