CuriousPages.com showcases the writing of Fletcher Kovich. In his sketchbook, you can read his notes on writing the works, or leave your own comments. His fiction tends to be comic, thoughtful and quirky.
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Irresistible Temptation
Short story. An old man offers me some simple advice but I am unable to fully understand his words until forty years later. Read more>>
Daniel and the Wine Stain
Short story. In one way or another, we are all disabled. Daniel’s disabilities are not immediately obvious, yet when he is forced to face them, he becomes overwhelmed. Read more>>
Choosing the Right Drinks
Short story. How do we choose to spend our life? And is our chosen path of any value? Joseph is dying and is troubled by the choices he made in life. Clemency, his nurse, has no answers for him but his turmoil enables her to heal her own deep wounds. Read more>>
The Price to Pay
Short story. A humorous and shocking tale about the consequences of overspending. Read more>>
The Whimpering Beach
Short story. In a tropical paradise, the boundaries are blurred between love and terrorism—but then perhaps those boundaries are blurred everywhere. Read more>>
The Beckoning Precipice
Short story. A doctor, who is racked by guilt, is contemplating suicide, but are his misdeeds imaginary? Read more>>
The Gallery
Short story. A woman stumbles into a gallery and finds pictures of her own life displayed there. Read more>>
The Tragedy of Softness
A comic, allegorical novel about the communication problems that drive a whole town into a frenzy of murderous activity. Read more>>
My Constant Companion
Short story, with accompanying poem. A man is being pursued by his shadow—or so it appears to him. Read more>>
Sawing up my sofa
An account of... well, sawing up my sofa. Features a series of step by step photos on how to saw up your sofa. Read more>>
Samuel Pam’s Salvation
Short story. Samuel’s life is plagued by strangers who whisper to him unwanted messages of a sexual nature. Read more>>
Andrea Segovia Loses Control
Short story. Andrea is addicted to correcting other people’s mistakes, and when she moves to London to meet her new boyfriend, she finds that she has plenty of work to do. Read more>>
If only Cats could Speak Japanese
Short story. Lorna Glover does not know whether her boyfriend has any feelings for her, so she decides to consult the Emotional Detective Agency to try to solve the riddle. Read more>>
Craig Stemford's imprisonment
Short story. Craig Stemford’s life seems like a prison sentence. He meets a new girlfriend on the internet, secretly hoping that she might set him free, but instead he only gains a deeper insight into his sentence. Read more>>
The Betrayal of Jack Baynes
Short story. Ray Herring recalls his school days and the betrayal of his best friend, Jack Baynes. Read more>>
The Trouble with Conversation: Understand What it is and is not Possible to Communicate About and Why Unpleasant People are an Invention of Your Own Mind.
Nonfiction book. A fascinating read for anyone who’s interested in everyday communication and the related relationship problems. Read more>>
Fiction Archive
A selection of classic fiction by past authors, including short stories, longer fiction, and poetry. Read more>>
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Nonfiction. Articles and Essays on various aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine, mainly focusing on acupuncture. Read more>>
Shorter works
The works featured here are either very short pieces of fiction, poems, prose poems,
nonsense poems, or other short pieces of writing that don't seem to fit anywhere else. Read more>>