First 2026 Edition of Digging Up Bones

This one is about short stories—always worth a second read

Photo by Bartosz Sujkowski on Unsplash

Here are a few stories either sent to me or I dug up for another read. Hope you enjoy them. Feel free to send the URL to one of yours. Must be at least 3 months old, under 4 minutes (for the rest of February’s Short Story series, then back to 4 to 7 minutes), and follow just a few guidelines.

Happy Reading!

Angie Mangino

[embed]Getting A Child To Eat Too active for his own goodmedium.com

Maryearhart

[embed]The Power of Muscle Memory From dance steps to lost car keys: how the body remembers what the mind forgetshumanparts.medium.com

Annie Trevaskis

[embed]Only 10% of Men Will Understand This I think I’ve mastered the art of womansplainingannietrevaskis.medium.com

Jill Ebstein

[embed]My Kingdom for One Good Night of Sleep Is that asking too much?medium.com

John Whye

[embed]Life Is Like Being A Passenger On A Moving Train, Observing The Sights You can see it, but you’re not involved in it-or are you?medium.com

B.R. Shenoy

[embed]Holding Me Close to Earth A child’s tender grasp, a mother’s unforgettable memorymedium.com

Dr. Gabriella Korosi

[embed]Stopping In The Moment To Watch The Moon Taking a minute …..brings many giftsmedium.com

Stephanie Wilson

[embed]The Body Part Committee On Who Will Explode Next Subcommittees include who will ache, bend the wrong way, and fall offmuddyum.net

Bruce Coulter

[embed]I Hope I’m Not Too Late for Valentine’s Day It’s the thought that counts, isn’t it?medium.com

Trisha Faye

[embed]My Son Thinks I’m Looney Sometimes The jokes on him, I’m starting to rub off on him.medium.com

CarolF

[embed]Dear Women….Turn That Menopausal Frown Upside Down Learn to love your brain fog; it has a silver liningmedium.com

Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

[embed]What I Learned When a Favorite T-Shirt Stopped Fitting It taught me about change, growth, and letting gomedium.com

Debbie Walker

[embed]The Garden of My Beating Heart It sustains my life.medium.com

Brenda Arledge

[embed]Find Joy Amidst the Sweets and Sorrows Celebrate Life: A birthday and a farewellmedium.com

Roz Warren, Writing Coach

[embed]I’m About to Get My First Social Security Check Or am I?medium.com

Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!

[embed]My 25-Year-Old Stapler Still Works! (and Last Year’s Printer Doesn’t) Small victories in a planned-obsolescence worldmedium.com