Short Stories written by Abbie Johnson Taylor

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The following is a list of Short Stories written by Abbie. Click on a title to read that story.

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The following are Fictional stories.

QUALITY FAMILY TIME A busy lawyer decides to spend more time with his family.

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY A mother realizes that spanking isn't always the correct disciplinary measure.

AMAZING GRACE:  A dying woman hears her granddaughter sing her favorite song for the last time.

THE CIGARETTES:  A man's wife discovers his secret habit.

DINNER WITH THE JOHNSONS:  A man learns to appreciate his wife.

MICHELLE:  A young woman meets her father for the first time on Christmas Eve.

PREGNANT:  A teen-aged girl fights back when her English teacher won't allow her to use that word in an essay she's writing about John Steinbeck's book THE GRAPES OF WRATH.

WELCOME TO WYOMING:  A college graduate living in Colorado accidentally finds a job in Wyoming.

SECOND OPINION: You are told that you will die when you go to sleep tonight.

GLOVES: She escapes, only to end up stranded in a blizzard in the middle of nowhere.

ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION: A woman who thinks her child was almost abducted learns the sad truth about the supposed kidnapper.

THE FLOWER BOY: A bully is put in his place.

THE WATCHER: An elderly woman with a visual impairment decides she no longer needs to be in a nursing home, and her granddaughter agrees.

A SERIAL MIRACLE   After losing her son to sudden infant death syndrome, a woman finds a baby in an unexpected place.

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The following are Non-Fiction stories.

COMING TO MY SENSES  This is a review of a book by Pam Rice about an elderly woman with macular degeneration who comes to terms with her visual impairment.

MR. SMITH'S MISTAKE  A teacher who once threatened me with corporal punishment later saw the error of his ways.

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