Leaving Home
by Chris Galvin
She refused to leave her parents to marry him.
He stormed home.
Like every night for the last 40 years, he arrived in time to eat his mom's food.
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A very short tale. Published by 7X20 in March 2012: https://twitter.com/7x20/status/182791308790870016
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I like the balance. This marriage should not happen. ;)
Marry someone else.
Excellent stuff in just 30 words
A match made in heaven.
J.A. and Gloria, thanks so much for commenting. That such a match was made in heaven but should not happen is exactly what I was going for.
Steve, thanks! The original story was much longer, but as I edited, it became distilled into this, and I realized that the whole story was in these 30 words.
Compact. Powerful. Evocative.
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