Friday Stories Archive
Fortnightly. A series of short stories by Colin Heston exploring the vicissitudes of punishment.
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Story 1. Matchmaker
A matchmaker applies her craft to crime and punishment.
Story 2. Nothing to Declare.
Happiness unappreciated. A story that begins at its end.
Story 3. Deliverance.
Teacher, student, and strap.
Story 4. Pardon My Tutu.
President Biden’s attendants seek to rehabilitate him
Story 5. Spilled Milk
A Kitchen Story.
Story 6. A Fine Balance
A duel compounds the vicissitudes of honor.
Story 7. For France
A psychiatrist grapples with torture.
Story 8. Fault Lines
A boy is punished for his misadventure
Story 9. Imperial Blunder
A famous cricketer breaks the rules, with dire consequences.
Story 10. Cleanliness
A child is punished for swearing.
Story 11. Size Matters
The vengeful machinations of a small boy.
Story 12. Crowd Pleaser
Little kid wins big.
Story 13. Disposal
A dysfunctional family meets its logical end.
Story 14. Road Rage
A child is saved by punishment.
Story 15. The Sentence
A Judge’s Punishment
Story 16. Held Fast
A bully gets his due, maybe.
Story 17. A Matter of Honor
A “fair exchange” between Father and Son.
Story 18. Finding Fault
The mini-monstrosities of a classroom.
Story 19. Innocents and Innocence
Mass punishment and its aftermath.
Story 20. Pardon my President
Why JFK was assassinated
Story 21. Unforgiven
Donald Trump wins by losing, maybe.
22. Greatness
Of Winners and Losers
23. A Notice of Infraction
The punishments of everyday life.
Story 24. The Tommie Felon Show Episode 1
A new off-the-wall TV series breaks all records.
Story 25. The Tommie Felon Show Episode 2
Audience participation at its best.
Story 26. The Hungry Priest
A hermit feeds on the sins of others.
Story 27. The Punishment Game
Story 28. Punishment Therapy
A restauranteur seeks counsel during COVID lockdown.
Story 29. Discipline
Parallel fathers discipline their sons.
Story 30. The Zoo of Enlightenment
An Exciting Exercise in Woke Punishment
31. A Meeting of Relatives
Famous anthropologist unravels the primitive mind
32. Civilization
A tribe of cannibals begins the path to civilization
33. Couples
By Colin Heston
Damascus and his scribe vet entrants into Noah’s Ark
STORY 34. Who Wants To Be Secretary General?
The Greatest Quiz Show on Earth
Story 35. The Spy that Wasn't. Part 1.
Oh what a tangled web we weave…
Story 36. The Spy that Wasn’t Part 2. The Council of Europe
Operation Ferrapotti. No place for an Aussie.
Story 37. The Spy that Wasn’t Part 3. Resolution
Dennis finds his place
Story 38. The Spy that Wasn't Part 4. Kidnapped.
Civilization on trial
Story 39. The Spy that Wasn't. Part 5. A Spy is Born
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40. The Spy that Wasn't: Part 6. Death in Rome
A language of the Dead
Story 41. The Spy that Wasn't Part 7. Vatican Therapy
Money and its Vicissitudes
Story 42. The Spy that Wasn't. Part 8. The Italian Secret
Story 43. Prologue: An Introduction to Academia
Story 44. Colmes
The Snake
Story 46. No Exit
Story 47. The Stalker
The Sit-In
49. The Cheat
Story 50. In Gun We Trust
51. The Plagiarizer
Story 52. Justice
53. Consensual Rape
Story 54. Murder Not (Part 1)
Story 55. Murder Not (Part 2)
Story 56. Murder Not (Part 3)
57. Circle of Truth
Story 58. The Stolen Dissertation
Story 59. Overruled
Story 60. The Student Body
Story 61. Celebrity Cook
62. The Slap
Story 63. A Rape Advantage
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64. Hostage Crisis
Story 65. The End of Colmes
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