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Three in the Morning and You Don't Smoke Anymore

Three in the Morning and You Don't Smoke Anymore

The story, told in nonlinear second-person flashes and vignettes, of a young man's struggle to drive away the past.

2020

Peter J. Stavros

Peter J. Stavros

Stories

Peter J. Stavros

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…

5 min readApr 19, 2024

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Alligator resting on shore

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Peter J. Stavros

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…

5 min readDec 13, 2023

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Gingerbread Man

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Peter J. Stavros
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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…

5 min readDec 3, 2023

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The Old Man and the Santa Sprint

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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…

4 min readNov 13, 2023

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The Water

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Peter J. Stavros

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…

5 min readAug 1, 2023

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Dead Rock Stars

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Derby Hat

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

5 min readMay 6, 2023

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Derby Hat

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Peter J. Stavros

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…

4 min readApr 18, 2023

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Skyscrapers

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Peter J. Stavros
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…

4 min readMar 28, 2023

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How I Learned to Slow Down at the Speed Clinic

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Peter J. Stavros

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…

7 min readMar 17, 2023

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Karaoke Night

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Peter J. Stavros

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…

6 min readMar 3, 2023

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Roommates

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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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