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The Thing about My Uncle

The Thing about My Uncle

An engaging and heartwarming coming-of-age story that explores the cost of family secrets and the strength of family bonds.

2024

Peter J. Stavros

Peter J. Stavros

Stories

Alligator

“It’s not right,” Sadie says, apropos of nothing, as I walk into the living room, and I can’t tell if she planned it that way, if she…

Apr 19

Alligator resting on shore

Apr 19

Gingerbread Man

“I used to like the holidays,” Sadie says between sips of peppermint hot chocolate at the new coffee shop that just opened up down the…

Dec 13, 2023

Gingerbread Man

Dec 13, 2023

Published in
Runner's Life

The Old Man and the Santa Sprint

It was the first Saturday in December and the annual Santa Sprint, a 5K run to benefit a local ministry. The Olympic Trials it was not. It…

Dec 3, 2023

The Old Man and the Santa Sprint

Dec 3, 2023

The Water

“I just need to be by the water,” Sadie says as we sit out on the patio, after dinner and our evening walk, watching the burnt orange sun…

Nov 13, 2023

The Water

Nov 13, 2023

Dead Rock Stars

Sadie puts a bottle of white wine in the fridge before she goes out for a long run. She figures that if the run doesn’t help purge her of…

Aug 1, 2023

Dead Rock Stars

Aug 1, 2023

Derby Hat

“I’m just not fancy like that. Do you wish I was fancy like that?”

May 6, 2023

Derby Hat

May 6, 2023

Skyscrapers

“Do you ever wonder how you’re gonna live?” Sadie asks me, apropos of nothing, at least nothing as far as I can tell though Sadie’s mind…

Apr 18, 2023

Skyscrapers

Apr 18, 2023

Published in
Runner's Life

How I Learned to Slow Down at the Speed Clinic

I had to have been the only person to actually get slower at the Speed Clinic — a six-week training program sponsored by the local running…

Mar 28, 2023

How I Learned to Slow Down at the Speed Clinic

Mar 28, 2023

Karaoke Night

It’s happened, at long last. You’re out, for once, not because you really want to, or need to, but because you feel you have to, that it’s…

Mar 17, 2023

Karaoke Night

Mar 17, 2023

Roommates

Sadie says we’re roommates. She says she loves me, and it’s fine otherwise, but that we’re just two people living together — we share a…

Mar 3, 2023

Roommates

Mar 3, 2023

Peter J. Stavros

Peter J. Stavros

Book Author

Peter J. Stavros is a writer and playwright in Louisville, KY, and the author of three short story collections and a novella. More at www.peterjstavros.com.

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