R A Kenyon / CookieJar Books

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  • The Nursing Home’s Darkest Rumour
    three sentence storyBoiler RumourAll three residents remember the rumour about the janitor who kept a coffin in the boiler room,but none could say what they ate for breakfast in […]
  • Voicemail from 30 Years Away
    CallbackThe voicemail icon blinked a timestamp: July first, thirty years away.When I pressed play, there was only wind, distant sirens, and the mechanical beeping of something breathing in numbers.Before it […]
  • How My Son Packs His Heart
    three sentence storyCustody SuitcaseHis shared‑custody suitcase waits by the door every Sunday evening, clothes folded the way my ex likes them arranged.It always returns with an unexplained item: a […]
  • Three Ghosts of the Revolution
    Spirits of the Revolution · St. Petersburg, November 1917. In a palace at the heart of revolt, a hidden passage shelters ghosts offering secrets that could redirect history.Never had […]

About Me

Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.

“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”