Fiction
Birds These Days
Rundelania
An owl named Charles meets a very stony-faced owl on the roof of a mechanic’s garage, but when it does not respond to his advances, the reason why surprises him.
The Story of a Story
Barzakh Magazine
A story with a meta structure that makes readers question how and why they read fiction, by presenting and commenting on a character who leads a double-life behind his wife's back.
Dial-a-Bird
The Headlight Review
Owls run a cleaning service staffed by various bird species, but its operations leave something to be desired when Billy the parrot calls to request their services.
The Central String
Ginosko Literary Journal, pp. 33-37
A man cannot appreciate his parents' love until life experience changes his perspective, so that he understands love is the central string to which everything around it resonates.
Please See Me
A mental patient is obsessed with his ever-impending discharge from a state hospital to a step-down facility in Sylmar, but things do not go entirely as he expected when he makes it there.
Indiana Voice Journal
A brief meditation on dying involving a yoga teacher.
Grandfather's Gift
Pilcrow & Dagger
A short story about the extremes it sometimes takes for us to appreciate the gifts we have.
Published Fiction and Satire
Nicholas Stevens Bridgman holds a B.A. in Rhetoric from U.C. Berkeley. His fiction and satire have appeared in Rundelania, Barzakh Magazine, The Headlight Review, Ginosko Literary Journal, Please See Me, Indiana Voice Journal, and Pilcrow & Dagger.
