Stories tagged dark-humor

Boxes

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I am long of tooth, too, and when I go, maybe a box with my ashes inside will join the boxes containing the cats’ remains.

Lovers

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The lawyer is having a party the next weekend.... He's celebrating because he won a court case to have his alimony reduced.

The Shaker

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A man and a woman argued over the size of the quake. They were sitting on the floor like Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Where I'm Calling From

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I went to see a psychiatrist, and she says I have REM sleep disorder with behavioral problems.

Two Micros

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I look at the painting of a nude sitting in the room by a window.

Heart

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Usually I’m the only guy in a roomful of women. Some of them are foxy, too.

Rapid Transit

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The door opens. The World’s Biggest Cop enters. Makes Yao Ming look like a midget.

Seven Corners

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Max had nine lives. He was drunk when a car hit him at Seven Corners and flipped the Porsche.

Bird

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I was in a little room like a cage. One wall was bars. The floor was painted cement. The floor slanted slightly to a hole in the middle.

Pink

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I hadn't done my schoolwork, and that morning I had discovered that I had a big zit on my nose.

All Fall Down

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He just up and dropped dead one day, Charles said. Pretty tough on Karen, I opined. Charles looked the other way.

Remember the Maine

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He remembered waking up on those lazy summer days hearing the sad song of mourning doves.

The Celebrity

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Mr. Blumberg and I sat side by side on a small couch in the family room. He was watching a football game on TV.

The Birds

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My wife goes away for a few days to the little town where Hitchcock filmed The Birds.

Instructions for Opening a Document Found in a Black Cabinet

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When the black cloth falls on you all food tastes like airline food. Every song sounds like Barry Manilow. Every poem sounds like Rod McKuen. It’s all just noise to you now.