Original Stories by Jim Sutton

Some of these stories are allegorical in nature, and have a meaning or illustration.  Others are just for fun.  All of them are offered here as entertainment.  I enjoy reading and writing, and I write what I enjoy reading.  I hope visitors here will also enjoy reading.

I suppose all stories told by human beings have some kind of deeper or wider meaning than the tale they purport to tell.  Certainly critics have imagined that every story tells us something about the author.  I know that there are people who claim to be able to read an awful lot between the lines.

Any fictional tale I tell is intended first for fun, for entertainment, and they always entertain me as I write.  As author, I am the first to "hear" the tale, and usually the first to wonder how it will end.  I write to make the story unfold itself, revealing word by word, whatever it is supposed to say.

I like stories with meaning and morals.  I believe that all events in real life point to some greater meaning, and so I like it when a story or poem also points to some greater truth, to some aspect of reality that we can benefit from understanding.

You will see what I mean as you read the stories and poems included here.  Even if you fail to get  anything more from the writings here than the obvious, please don't feel that you've missed anything.   Every story and every poem I've included here is meant for your entertainment first.  We grow as we allow ourselves to peek inside the ideas of others, as we allow ourselves to glimpse the world (and the universe) through another person's eyes.