Read by the author, this is a collection of short stories about the chaos we often find ourselves in—sometimes of our own making. Each story uses the adverb “so” in its title, emphasizing the extreme function of the following adjectives
A story about a bartender who plays God. From the collection by Markus McDowell entitled The Sky Over Chaos: Short Stories.
This short story, “Ten More Days” is from the collection by Markus McDowell entitled The Sky Over Chaos (audio version). is a story about memory, medicine, and the end of life. Read by the author.
“What Does the River Say?” is from a collection of short stories by Markus McDowell entitled The Sky Over Chaos. What does it mean? You decide.
Audio version of a short story from The Sky Over Chaos by Markus McDowell. Morty loves his job. Perhaps not so strange, except that he is an embalmer.
A short story by Markus McDowell. Sometimes, our anger gets the best of us. It can make us blind to truth, and even lead us into danger. But some people never learn…
A short story by Markus McDowell from the collection entitled The Sky Over Chaos. What happens when a person who strives to make everything neat and orderly finds life changing…in some quite bizarre ways?
Audio version of the short story “Hats” from The Sky Over Chaos collection by Markus McDowell.
A mother alone with her four young children. The father away on business. A raging snowstorm. When diphtheria begins to suffocate the girls one at a time what is a mother to do? A short story by Markus McDowell.
We all know that anger and self-centeredness can lead to terrible consequences—far worse than we might have imagined. I do not mean the kind of “righteous” anger, which is a controlled, firm, and resolved anger on behalf of others. I mean the reactive, self-centered, emotion outburst devoid of reflection.
The third short story in my book, The Sky Over Chaos, is entitled “Three Hour and Thirteen Minutes.” It deals with a man who is so angry that both words and actions are out of control. He becomes so enraged that he no longer can think rationally or safely.
