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David Burg

The Kindness of Strangers

He felt the gravel, hot and sharp, tickle the soles of his bare feet. The pain would have been more pronounced two months ago, but the skin…

Jan 31, 2023

The Kindness of Strangers

Jan 31, 2023

Gone Phishing

It all started, as so many love affairs did back then, with a burned CD. It was the fall of 2005 and Alix Freeman had just begun her…

May 24, 2022

Gone Phishing

May 24, 2022

Designated Driver

Chick bolted upright in bed, alone, his stomach lurching. The last thing he remembered was sitting behind the wheel of a car, but it was as…

Apr 11, 2022

Designated Driver

Apr 11, 2022

A Bright Idea Too Many

The marine layer had just burned off and the June afternoon sun singed his eyes as he stepped out into the alleyway adjoining the Main…

Jan 23, 2022

A Bright Idea Too Many

Jan 23, 2022

Thrice Buried

Deep within the earth, there was only darkness and silence, but the quaking still echoed in Javier’s ears. He struggled to move, but the…

May 26, 2021

Thrice Buried

May 26, 2021

A Debt Unpaid

The sun was making haste to the horizon, and cast the forest in an otherworldly glow. Gregor urged his old mule onward, and though the…

Apr 13, 2021

A Debt Unpaid

Apr 13, 2021

Swiped

Clara Gottlieb was done with men. Or rather, done with dating them. Over a year ago, without any warning or inkling of things being amiss…

Feb 1, 2021

Swiped

Feb 1, 2021

Without Country

10th place, NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2020

Jul 23, 2020

Without Country

Jul 23, 2020

Hilltop House

Nights were a reprieve. A time to shut down and be alone with her thoughts, such as they were. Her room was little more than a…

May 21, 2020

Hilltop House

May 21, 2020

Old Man Winter

The confetti had fallen, the champagne glasses raised and spilled. There were no more victories left to celebrate. What had occupied so…

May 18, 2020

Old Man Winter

May 18, 2020

David Burg

David Burg

I stay up really late, and sometimes write at the intersection of sports, politics, art, and popular culture. tweet me: @daveburg

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