Short Stuff
You’ll find short stories and creative nonfiction here:
Category Leslie Kain
Author
A Mother’s Influence
by Leslie Kain Published in the April 2023 anthology ‘A Million Ways: Stories of Motherhood’ Claire peers through the steamed-up window over the kitchen sink. So early in the morning, she can’t tell whether those moody gray skies will bring…
Books
My novels are typically stories of inner conflict and resolution, psychologically nuanced, complex, sometimes dark.
Introduction
I write dark psychological stories of flawed people and dysfunctional families.
What Lies Buried
What happens to Gavin after Secrets In The Mirror? He told me about it; now it's coming May 2024.
About Leslie Kain
I was always writing something as a kid, much of which were secrets...
Which vs That?
Confession: I’m a grammar nerd (some have even called me a grammar ‘nazi’). So in the matter of when to use ‘which’ or ‘that’, I’d like to offer some helpful guidelines. “Whether or not to use ‘that’ as a relative…
Love your Antagonist!
How bad is your bad guy?What makes them tick?Evil for the sake of evil is boring. Around 4:00 this morning I awoke, thinking about the antagonist in my current WIP-in-revision (Secrets In The Mirror). Devin is identical twin to Gavin…
Grampa
This piece of creative nonfiction – ”Grampa’ – was published in Dead Mule Literary Magazine July 2019. When I was young, my aunt frequently took me to visit my grandparents in Buckhannon, West Virginia. They lived in a small one-floor…
Number Six
This short story was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine No.15, August 2018. It is the story of a man with mental illness whose assault triggers memories of past trauma in his therapist. Having spent two hours testifying in court on…