The COVID 19 pandemic of 2020 has given all of us a time to reflect on what is important to each of us, whether it be family, faith, work or play. Early on in my self-isolation, I churned our four books - the Civil War collection of themed newspaper articles. However, my mind also found time to wander in directions away from the history genre on which I focus. I've enjoyed playing with fictional short stories. Here are three of them: