Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Sep 2

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Declaration of War

Maeve danced through the garden, kissing each dewy blossom.
She laughed as the feathery fronds of cosmos tickled her cheek…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Aug 5

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Metamorphosis

They assured me it was the only way to save my life.
ALS had all but conquered my body.
Life is precious. I signed the agreement.
I…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Nov 17, 2023

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Shooting Stars

Lena and Paul lay on the dewy hillside, gazing at the sky.
“There goes one,” she whooped. “Star light, star bright …”
As suddenly as…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Apr 15

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The End

If she could just make it home before David, before he opened the mail, everything would be OK.
She could tear up the letter and he’d never…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Jul 25

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A Perfect Marriage

Everyone said we had a perfect marriage.
Harry had a prestigious job with good pay. I was a professor at the University…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Apr 3

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Vanished

On a perfectly ordinary day, in a perfectly ordinary town, a perfectly ordinary man disappeared.
As his wife explained to the police, he was…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Nov 14, 2023

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Buffalo

The old bull turned his head into the March wind, blinking against the snow it carried.
His cows and young clustered around him, sharing warmth…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Jul 27, 2023

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The Gypsy’s Curse

My great-great grandparents lived in a cabin in a clearing in the forest, far from any town. 
One evening, as wolves howled, a…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Nov 3, 2023

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Midnight Chorus

Coyotes howl in the distance.
They call them wolves here, but coyotes are different.
More like distant cousins.
I like hearing…

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Virginia Neely, author in 2-Bite Stories

Nov 16, 2023

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Spiral

Bridget traced with her finger the spiral incised into the rock by an ancient, almost mythical, people. It was visible now only because moss…

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