Author Archives: Kelly O'Keefe

Things had become very difficult for the schoolteacher.  He left his job at the school and came to this refuge in the woods to be free.  He loved teaching, but as the years wore on his shoulders slumped from the constant pressures of working to serve too many masters and conforming to the expectations ofContinue reading “The Furious Story. Part Five: "He was Gone"”

Lost in thought, the schoolteacher wandered through the dense woodlands, occasionally pausing to observe a colorful box turtle or a slithering snake making its way through the underbrush. Only when the deepening dusk made it hard to see the way did he notice how far he’d traveled and how late it had become. “Oh my!”Continue reading “The Furious Story. Part Four: "The Journal Slams Shut"”

Seeing no other alternative, the schoolteacher reluctantly accepted that the miraculous writings on his page were indeed the voice of the story itself. So, though it made him feel as though he was going insane, he decided to talk to the story.  “But he’s a wise and powerful wizard,” he wrote, and then began drawingContinue reading “The Furious Story. Part Three: "The Wizard Walks Off"”

The next morning, the schoolteacher poured a cup of coffee and returned to his desk. He lifted his pen and began to write. Once, at a very special moment in time, in a magical land, lived a remarkable person, and he was a… ..wizard. Tall and wise with a musty blue gray cloak and aContinue reading “The Furious Story. Part Two: "I Am the Story"”

Not long ago and not very far away, a schoolteacher retired from his work at the school and left the city of his birth to live in a small cottage, on a tiny creek in a dense forest. He had always loved literature, a subject that he taught with considerable enthusiasm, and it was hisContinue reading “The Furious Story. Part One: He Began to Write”

All I have is the title so far. That’s why the story is so angry.

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