Paul Gardner

1 month ago | medium.com | Paul Gardner

And the reason you still readRebecca remembers looking at a book about God when she was four. Oh, she recalls thinking, that’s what God looks like. If only she still had that book. Then we would know whether her Protestant God looked like my Catholic God. Her first reading experience was Little House in the Big Woods, the first book of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series. Wilder wrote the book in the 1930s, and Rebecca read it in the 1950s.

Mar 6, 2025 | medium.com | Paul Gardner

Paul Gardner·FollowPublished inFiction Shorts·2 min read·--RW Drabble 2.0.065: SipPhoto by the authorA Drabble is a concise 100-word story that respects your busy schedule. Your presence here matters. Please stay on the page for thirty seconds so you will count as a reader. Thank you. The protagonist snuck a look into a locked diary. I took a sip of his 12-year-old Macallan to calm my nerves. Why so tense? I’m doing him a favor. He’s at 40,000 feet, zooming to Boston.

Feb 3, 2025 | ecommercenews.com.au | Paul Gardner

It stands to reason: as online shopping grows in adoption across Australia, so will incidents of online fraud. More specifically, retail returns fraud is becoming a thorn in the side of retailers, costing them billions in financial losses every year. In fact, across the country, fraudsters and organised retail crime rings have been targeting ecommerce, with nearly two-thirds of retailers reporting a growing focus on online returns fraud.

Nov 23, 2024 | medium.com | Paul Gardner

Random word challenge #328: dispensePaul Gardner·FollowPublished inFiction Shorts·1 min read·--Photo by the authorA Drabble is a concise 100-word story that respects your busy schedule. Your presence here matters. Please stay on the page for thirty seconds so you will count as a reader. Thank you. “Bill told me you’re planning to dispense with urinals.”“John, we can’t eliminate what we don’t have. Our task is to design the new building.”“He also said four women and three men are on the committee.

Oct 29, 2024 | medium.com | Paul Gardner

Some say this vehicle is beyond its sell-by date. But the things I have seen and heard. I’ve loved my life as a portal to stories. Donna and Bob — twenty years old and my favorite owners. He was shy and inexperienced. She taught him what she liked. And she liked it a lot. I won’t show you the photos. Whatever happened on my vinyl seats stays with me. Occasionally, my tales need more than 100 words. Donna and Bob were determined to wait to do it until after they were married.