“Shipwreck”
When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.
When is a story about a shipwreck not about a shipwreck? When it’s a metaphor.
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A Halloween Treat
For all of you who love this spooky time of year, I present my short story “My Death in Baltimore.”
Read more ›“An Unexpected Trip” by J.R. Roth
On June 6, 2025, the good people at 101Words.com published one of my stories.
As their title suggests, 101Words.com publish stories of 101 words in length. Not 102 words. Not 100 words. It is a fun and challenging exercise to tell a whole story using that amount of words.
In this horror story, I tried to create an emotional whiplash that would stun the reader.
You can read my short story “An Unexpected Trip”
Go read it now!
New Story Published!
The Raven Review published my short story “I Used to Love Spring.”