The Cybrary paradigm
The Cybrary blends the concepts of a cyberspace library and shareware
into a new paradigm of fiction. At this site, check out original works
of fiction. If you like a work and wish to support the author, then a $2
contribution to the writer whose address appears at the end of the story
is gently requested. The gratuity is voluntary, however, and you
are, of course, under no obligation to send one.
Writing is, of course, solitary work, and all writers appreciate feedback.
Tell us what works for you, and what doesn't work; what you like and don't
like. With the stories is a link to a feedback page; expess your opinions
about the work you've read and help make us all better writers.
Submit your stories
If you read short stories, then you probably write short stories. So
why not publish your work on the Internet? It's easy, and free, and gives
you the right to look your friends in the eye and say with pride: "I
am a published writer." E-mail your fiction in ASCII or HTML
format, or snail mail them on diskette to the address below for review
and inclusion in The Cybrary. Web space is limited, but there's
still plenty of room!
Current selections
The
Square
By T.J. Shanter.
- This interesting work by a talented new writer brings a whole new meaning
to the phrase, "pool shark."
Love
Thy Neighbor
By R. C. Smith
Sometimes, the future hangs on the decisions of one ordinary, passionate,
man. This is an evocative, thoughtful story by a very promising young Texas
author.
Dolly
By Jim Roberts.
- The most dangerous predator frequently parades as prey. (Graphic
Violence)
The Missing
Girl
By Florian Lim.
- You can meet the most interesting people in a child's tree house. A
short story from Canada. (Violence)
The Pen
By John G. Mc Gerr.
Irish author John G. Mc Gerr brings us an interesting story about
life, friends, and a pen. And as the old saw asserts, the pen is mightier
. . . .
Maneater
By John G. Mc Gerr.
Mc Gerr's most recent story is about a bright young man whose head
is turned by an attractive woman with a history of relationships that just
all seem to turn out badly. (Graphic violence, adult themes.)
Jet
Streams
By Jim Roberts.
- Two college men, working summer jobs exhuming the dead to make room
for an Illinois highway project, are absorbed in a bizarre, and ultimately
destructive, obsession during the terrible summer of 1980. (Graphic
violence)
The
Boys' Story
By Jim Roberts.
A violent bully meets his end. (A work still in progress.
Patience! I promise! I'll finish it soon, and it is over half done!)
The
Monkey
By Jim Roberts.
What happens to an inattentive medical technician will make you rethink
those "non-invasive" procedures. (Graphic violence)
The Other
One
By Jim Roberts.
- It's tax season, friend, and you know what they say about death and
taxes. (A story that will make you appreciate an IRS audit.)
The Rope
By Larry Lynch
- A young man learns a rough lesson about life in this thoughtful story
by Larry Lynch.
Caesar
By Jim Roberts
The Delusion
of the Vampire
By Joe Slade
The Myth of the Vampire gets reworked in this creative story by a young
writer who has one of the most interesting sites on the Internet. Read
his story. Catch the link to his site.
Visit
our friends
I've made some friends during the course of this interesting venture,
which started in November, 1996. Please, take a moment or two to visit
their sites. Plus, as I find (and am told of) locations for other sites
that host web-published fiction, support the writing craft, or lend support
to web publishers and editors, I'll post them here.
Submit
your stories
If you have a short story you would like to submit, e-mail
it to Jim
Roberts, known around the Internet as the kindest, gentlest editor
alive. I've never met a writer I didn't like with the exception of one
overly officious, self-important, under-informed, superficial and arrogant
editorial page editor at The Kansas City Star who I promise will
turn up in one of my future short stories as a short-lived villian.
- I am sorry. Did that sound juvenile and snotty?
You can also snail-mail your submissions on diskette to Jim Roberts,
501 Melrose Lane, Liberty, Missouri 64068-2833; 3.5-inch diskettes in ASCII,
Word Pad, MS Word for Windows or WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows format
please! (Diskettes cannot be returned and often suffer ignoble abuse in
the mails so please send a duplicate of your work in a sturdy carrier.
Do not send your one and only copy. Remember, the two most important
words in data processing are back up)
Copyright © 1996, 1997, by James L. Roberts. Unless
otherwise noted, all works of fiction are the reserved and copyrighted
property of the author and are used here with permission.
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Last updated Sept. 24, 1997. If you really must know, you are
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free! Tell 'em jamesroberts@earthlink.net sent you. Thanks to the contributors whose works
adorn (and bless) this page. And a very special thanks to Christopher W.
Cox, Igor "Lev" Coski, Angie Borgedalen, Mike Shade, Ed Chron,
David Lemmon, A.G. Webber IV, Harvey Beutner, and my beautiful, and very
patient wife, Gretchen. But for whom, etc. etc. Finally, come back Peggy
Shull; all is forgiven!
