Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Jockey Days
    Jockey Days
    Jockey Days
    Ebook21 pages16 minutes

    Jockey Days

    By Donna Moss

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Jockey Boy is causing mayhem. The cute neighbor is curious, her brother is in love, and her boyfriend is losing his mind. All this over a mannequin?

    Originally published in Amazing Graces (Paycock Press) 2012.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDonna Moss
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9781476365237
    Jockey Days
    Author

    Donna Moss

    Donna is obsessed with the tangles of modern women. Outnumbered at home by her husband and three sons, she writes contemporary tales where whims overcome reason and power collides with circumstance. She was born in South Africa, grew up between London and Florida, and now lives outside Washington DC. Her fiction has appeared in print in RE:AL Literary Magazine, Compass Rose, Talking River, Amazing Graces-an anthology of DC women's fiction (Paycock Press), and Gargoyle Magazine. DonnaLMoss@gmail.com

    Read more from Donna Moss

    Related to Jockey Days

    Related ebooks

    Humor & Satire For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Good Samaritan

      Dec 6, 2022

      It was hot that day, hot for the morning and hot for April and with a stickiness in the air that suggested something had to break. I was headed up the street to ask my neighbor Meech to give me a jump when I heard a scream come from the fourplex next

      10 min read

    • Article

      Let Me Do It

      Jun 1, 2023

      Let Me Do It
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Details Will Be Ours

      Jan 31, 2018

      The Details Will Be Ours
      21 min read

    • Article

      Just Passing

      Aug 17, 2020

      Zoe cracks the curtain in the bay window and watches as he bounces from one foot to another in the cold. Tap, tap, tap, he goes at the letterbox. But she shouldn’t even let him in. He’s trouble. He throws his arms out and shouts through the glass: “S

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Space Between Us

      Oct 9, 2019

      The Space Between Us
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Problem with My Dachshund

      Dec 11, 2019

      The Problem with My Dachshund
      10 min read

    • Article

      We Missed You, Mum

      Jan 6, 2021

      We Missed You, Mum
      2 min read

    • Article

      Esquire Fiction

      Aug 17, 2023

      Esquire Fiction
      14 min read

    • Article

      Advent ANGEL

      Nov 8, 2023

      Advent ANGEL
      6 min read

    • Article

      Metaphors

      Mar 10, 2023

      I’m knitting on my front porch when a car roars to a stop in front of my house. It’s a red Mustang convertible, top down on this warm Thursday afternoon in June. Two girls sit in the front, two in the back. They smile and wave at me. I smile back tho

      8 min read

    • Article

      Yellow Is the Color of Choices

      Dec 10, 2023

      For whatever reason, when she sees me each weekend, Megan still hugs me like when she was five. Her skinny arms wrap around my waist, and her eyes squeeze tight like she’s absorbing me into her skin. This is both heartening and heart-wrenching. I wan

      13 min read

    • Article

      The Change

      Feb 2, 2019

      The Change
      3 min read

    • Article

      Not Just For CHRISTMAS

      Nov 24, 2021

      Not Just For CHRISTMAS
      9 min read

    • Article

      Simply Blessed

      Oct 27, 2022

      Simply Blessed
      3 min read

    • Article

      Waiting

      Sep 3, 2020

      Waiting
      6 min read

    • Article

      Skipping Ropes

      Jan 12, 2022

      I HAVE had a happy time playing with my best Christmas present: a skip we originally rented for a week, but which they came to collect in a vehicle that was too big, so is still here. We are clearing out a shed to make room for a lathe that was dumpe

      2 min read

    • Article

      Wish Upon A Star

      Feb 4, 2021

      Susan Rocks lives in East Dorset and has had several short stories published both online and in print. Last year, Susan was longlisted for the Penguin/Random House writenow2020 competition and is busy editing her first novel, The Butterfly Effect, wh

      6 min read

    • Article

      Rising Sign

      Feb 4, 2021

      Rising Sign
      10 min read

    • Article

      A Perfect Wedding

      Apr 6, 2020

      A Perfect Wedding
      5 min read

    • Article

      ‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’: Featured Fiction from Jamie Marina Lau

      Sep 9, 2020

      An excerpt from a debut novel Kirkus calls "hypnotizing and inscrutable." The post ‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’: Featured Fiction from Jamie Marina Lau appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Summer Reads

      Dec 30, 2019

      Summer Reads
      7 min read

    • Article

      Coming To Terms

      May 25, 2021

      Coming To Terms
      14 min read

    • Article

      A Perfect Wedding

      Aug 2, 2021

      The door bangs, the house trembles, I hold my breath: Bridezilla is home. My son coined the phrase and normally I try to minimise teasing between my children (a lifetime’s habit, a lifetime’s work) but frankly, I agree with him. A blood-curdling scre

      5 min read

    • Article

      Lineal Gaps

      Apr 6, 2021

      Lineal Gaps
      15 min read

    • Article

      My Best Friend

      Oct 1, 2020

      My Best Friend
      6 min read

    • Article

      Lies I Tell My Father

      Feb 10, 2024

      “How’s your job at the newspaper?” my father asks me. He is sitting on a couch, a plush throw blanket spread across his legs. “The newspaper’s fine,” I lie. I lie because it is simple. I lie because it is quick. I lie because it is easier than trying

      10 min read

    • Article

      Not Such A Wonderful Life

      Jul 27, 2022

      WHEN I’m in a supermarket, I start humming It’s a Wonderful, Wonderful Life. I have no idea why; it just happens. This morning, as I hum in front of the fruit juices, it makes no sense at all. Yesterday, I sat down to finish this column, hoping to co

      2 min read

    • Article

      Does Flirting Really Get You Ahead?

      Feb 28, 2023

      Despite being single, I’ve never been very big on flirting. In all honesty, I’ve never been that good at it. But after a recent study published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes revealed that it is actually men who u

      4 min read

    • Article

      Gender Repeal

      Feb 6, 2020

      Gender Repeal
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Jockey Days

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Jockey Days - Donna Moss

      Jockey Days

      by

      Donna Moss

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Donna Moss

      Originally published in

      Amazing Graces

      Paycock Press

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

      ****

      Jockey Days

      Well what do you make of that? I nod my head at the corner of Gary’s bedroom. Raise my eyebrows.

      Shelly pauses. Scrunches her nose. He’s dressed it. Is it...sporty?

      Coming in at about five feet tall, with a chiseled jaw, pointed cheekbones, and shiny metallic clothing, it appears there is an oversized Ken doll hanging out where there ought to be a standing lamp.

      I want to approach it. Maybe poke it to see if

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1