Quickies Story Index

The Quickies blog began when Jay and MelTing started betting on Penguins/Canucks games, the losing team’s supporter had to write a short story about the winning team. The score so far: Pens 2, Canucks 0. Still Jay has been nice enough to write two Canucks stories anyway. And the blog has evolved as a place to put all our short stories and writing experiments, because it's fun to write about characters or ideas you might not want to live with for a long fiction.

I wanted to organize all the stories on this blog, so you could pick and choose or read them in order, but when I tried to write summaries, everything sounded more like cheesy Harlequin Romances than hockey fiction. So I embraced the cheesiness.

And remember, we love your comments, even after a story is done. Who knows, they might inspire or motivate us to write the next story!

Fresh Air by MelTing

A Pittsburgh defenseman goes out to buy a quart of milk, but instead finds a tiny kitten, and the possibility of….love.

A Valuable Trade by Jay

Traded from the Pens to the Dallas Stars, Alex is lonely in the Lone Star State but it’s Georgiana’s job to make him feel right at home.

A Picture’s Worth by Jay

Vancouver photographer Amanda finds out that the mountains and ocean are not the only things that look picture perfect, when she’s asked to shoot fitness apparel endorsed by a certain underdressed hockey player.

Going Mental by Jay

Dr. Reneé Carlyle knows a lot about hockey and hardship, but will members of the embattled Vancouver Canucks take her advice?

Valley of Gold by MelTing

Angela is a young mom who seems to have it all, but when she finds her old diary, will her perfect world come apart?

For Charity's Sake by Jay

Amber has a hard time saying "no" when it comes to doing the right thing, and James Neal learns that there's nothing wrong with having to ask for help when he really needs it.