JASON HASKINS

Read on for the conclusion of 'A Cozy Mountain Christmas'. Links to the first three parts of this short story are listed below, if needed. Thanks for following along! A Cozy Mountain Christmas - part one A Cozy Mountain Christmas - part two A Cozy Mountain Christmas - part three A COZY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS By Jason Haskins On the night leading into Christmas Eve morning, a ferocious winter snowstorm shut down the entire town. A raging blizzard that kept the Gladwin family hole

“I am not giving up. We will have the best Christmas dinner, slim pickings as they are. We will do Christmas our way, albeit different, less so than in the past.”

The family, comfortably apart, standing alongside one another in a line, stared at the cabin. A minute of silence passed before Sterling mumbled, “Are we going in or what?”

The following short story, "Stolen Memories of Yesteryear", was originally written for a submission to The First Line . Each quarter, the...

This short satire first appeared on The Journey of Now blog on (or around) Father's Day 2017. The piece concluded with this sentiment:...

The following is a piece of short fiction I wrote that originally appeared on The Journey of Now blog in March 2017. The first line, "We...

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The following story, Two A.M. Love, I submitted to a contest in 2016 and appeared on The Journey of Now blog the same year. This flash...

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In 2025, one of the projects I am working on is moving a selection of short fiction, monologues, and other stories from The Journey of Now...

Paint, colored deep red, was fresh, evident by the bottoms of the letters trailing down in small streaks towards the bottom.