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Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange The handyman came when he said he’d come. He came and painted the main bedroom. Half way through the work, she offered him a cold soft drink. He accepted, thanking her. As he worked, she asked him about his other jobs. She asked him about his wife and children and where they lived […]

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope Offering the benefit of doubt, I try to reconcile your lack of common decency with some form of decency. Giving you the benefit of doubt, I play fast and loose with what common decency might be. Maybe there’s something about decency I don’t understand. I’m neither Jesus nor Aristotle, after all. […]

8 miles

8 miles

8 Miles I’d listened to his bullshit for over an hour. The dumbest, dullest, most boring bullshit that only an equally boring dullard might take any pleasure in. Listening to a branch creak in the wind, a root spread or a pipe drip would have been a better way to spend the hour. The same […]

Cursed

Cursed

Cursed The old man said he didn’t want to go to the thrift store anymore. When I took him out to eat, we’d always passed the Goodwill. Whenever we passed, he’d always said, “Sometime I’d like to go to that Goodwill. I like going around and looking at all the things.” I’d noted the Chinese […]

Starts

Starts

Starts My mother rarely calls or messages. I call or message my mother even less than she calls or messages me. About the only time I call or message or go see her is for a birthday, holiday or when one of the carnival games of her illnesses and injuries – some real, some feigned […]

Category: flash fiction

School Zone
fables, flash fiction, stories

School Zone

School Zone Jack smashed the alarm clock. It was 6 a.m. Jack, like every other weekday morning, rolled out of … Continue reading School Zone

Chili Parlor
flash fiction, stories

Chili Parlor

Chili Parlor Clive had been a high school teacher before he got caught fooling around with one of the cheerleaders … Continue reading Chili Parlor

Solitary Life of a Writer
fables, flash fiction, stories

Solitary Life of a Writer

Solitary Life of a Writer The writer said despondently, “It’s a solitary life, being a writer.” The other man, never … Continue reading Solitary Life of a Writer

Mother Bear
fables, flash fiction, stories

Mother Bear

Mother Bear The mother bear napped in her den, leaving her three cubs to roam and explore the forest on … Continue reading Mother Bear

Biff’s Football
fables, flash fiction, stories

Biff’s Football

Biff’s Football Biff was the only kid in the neighborhood that had a football. Between all the other kids there … Continue reading Biff’s Football

The Text
flash fiction

The Text

The Text Wayne’s text dinged at around 10 a.m. I work nights so most folks know not to call or … Continue reading The Text

Happy Wife, Happy Life
flash fiction, stories

Happy Wife, Happy Life

Happy Wife, Happy Life Ronnie barked at his wife, “Mildred, my beer’s empty.” Mildred scampered to the refrigerator. She opened … Continue reading Happy Wife, Happy Life

Eyebrow Threading
flash fiction, stories

Eyebrow Threading

Eyebrow Threading She told Gracie she wanted her eyebrows threaded. She said there was a place in the strip mall, … Continue reading Eyebrow Threading

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