{"id":231,"date":"2025-08-06T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conmaguire.com\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:43:20","slug":"stories2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.conmaguire.com\/?page_id=231","title":{"rendered":"Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I get the site more up-and-running, I’ll add more snippets of my stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, here is a tiny story I called Trapped<\/a>. It is a mere 35 words, and I love it because it implies so much more than it actually says. It demonstrates the power of just setting up the mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or perhaps you’d like to try The Injured Party<\/a>? Another short piece at only a few hundred words, this one comes with a delicious sting in its tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairy Tales are great fun to write. The darker you go, the better, and we love them because it’s not real life. In Out of the Frying Pan<\/a>, written as a tribute to Beatrix Potter, it looks very dark indeed for poor old Peter Rabbit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Development<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Con is currently working on his first novel, Extra Time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Aging soccer star, Phil Galbraith suffers a serious knee injury which threatens to end both his playing career and his marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the best,<\/p>\n\n\n

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As I get the site more up-and-running, I’ll add more snippets of my stories. For starters, here is a tiny story I called Trapped. It is a mere 35 words, and I love it because it implies so much more than it actually says. It demonstrates the power of just setting up the mood. Or … <\/p>\n

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