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I have been writing short fiction and drama intermittently for over ten years now. I am setting all my stories and short plays here for anyone who cares to read them. Most are fewer than 5000 words. The stories are generally set in Nova Scotia and sometimes contain elements of magical realism juxtaposed against ordinary life. I hope to add new stories regularly.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to send comments, criticisms or compliments to barry@brtstories.ca.

Click on any story title below, or on the following page. The story will open as a pdf file in a new window.

Latest Additions: Evidence (June 2026), Frogs (July 2026), Garden of Dreams (August 2026), Ella and the Devil's Flute (October 2026).

A path up a forested mountain

A Hero's Journey

There are many ways to be a hero.
(4200 words)

A unicorn standing in a rose garden

Charlie and the Unicorn

What do you do when you see something impossible?
(A one-character play. 3400 words)

A medieval fortification with a tower

Vienna, 1242

The Burgermeister of Vienna contemplates life and death on the eve of battle with the invading Mongol army.
(A one-character play. 2800 words)

A box of Special K cold cereal

First Klue

If reality diverged onto a different path, how would we know?
(3600 words)

A spooky old house

Free Spirit

Not exactly the ghost he was expecting.
(4200 words)

An adult mayfly

Poetry of Mayflies

Earnest was more than a television weatherman, he was a poet. It was time the world knew it.
A one character play (3200 words)

A young forest, spruce and alder

Inheritance

Shady Uncle Vincent left him nothing but a few acres of brush. What value could it have?
(2000 words)

A great grey owl sitting on a post

Night Owl

An owl sits on a branch outside Rory's window, watching him, every night. What does it want?
A one character play. (3300 words)

A glass oil lamp with a handle

The Professor and the Genie

A genie does his best to grant three wishes, but this time his client is a middle-aged man who doesn't want anything.
A play for two characters. (3200 words)

A film camera with a long lens

Photo Op

When Nina accidentally sends a nude selfie to the whole school, her friends are appalled. But not for the obvious reason.
A play for three characters. (2200 words)

A man fishing from a river bank beside a giant tree stump.

It Happened

The unexpected story of how Bruce met Amelia. Was it merely coincidence?
(2800 words)

An old couple walking down a hospital corridor.

Corridor

Maybe reality is all in the mind.
(5300 words)

A young woman about to shoot an arrow from a bow.

Bowing Out

Carlotta is tired of winning. But she doesn't want to lose.
(2000 words)

A group of leopard frogs sitting on lilypads.

Frogs

Carmen claims that croaking frogs are the voice of nature.
But what are they saying?
(2800 words)

A woman in a white dress running through an avenue of flowers.

Garden of Dreams

Brendan dreams of a beautiful garden and a woman long dead.
Can he help her find peace?
(4700 words)

A colourful sea-cave.

Ella and the Devil's Flute

Ella's rich father forbids her to marry poor musician Glenn.
Can the old story of Rachel and the Devil's Flute help her find a way?
(9000 words)

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Last updated: October 2026