Fiction by Patrick Johanneson

Note: The stories here would probably rate about a PG or a 14A in the movie theatres. My characters use occasional strong language, and sometimes wind up in adult situations.

Fiction on my site

A Map to the End of the World—Won the Manitoba Short Fiction contest, out of a field of about 150 stories.
Family Reunion—Written for a "Story a Day" challenge.
Resurrection Radio—Appeared in On Spec, Spring 2004, and was my first paid prose publication.
Stop Me If You've Heard This One—Old challenge entry from the Writers' BBS.
Treed—Written for a "Story a Day" challenge.

Fiction on other sites

From Ecclectica

Seven Very Short StoriesSome favourites from "Ficlets", a now-defunct site where authors wrote short-short stories (1024 characters or less).
The Laius ComplexAn article on the topic of AI in science fiction.
City KidOriginally meant for an entry in a postcard story contest.

From Ficlets

My favourites from Ficlets that didn't make it into "Seven Very Short Stories" above.

The Great Black Hole Caper
Jenny, Who Is a DogThe "Jenny" stories were fun to write, and someday I want to complete the tale.
Jenny and the TV
Study time (Jenny pt. 3)
If Wishes Were HorsesFrom a prompt: Last line: "Millions just fell from the sky".

From InterText

ChroniclerThese stories are from 1991-2.
Watching YouWritten before 2nd-person fiction was old 'n' busted.
Other FleshThe only story of mine (so far) to have been translated in Italian.

Blog

My quite infrequently updated blog: Dear Diary.