Stories tagged flash-fiction

Useless Things

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Nothing is accomplished without the confidence of practice, the little joy of a pleasing thing that nourishes even before it is eaten.

The Invention of Useless Things

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Nothing is accomplished without the confidence of practice, the little joy of a pleasing thing that nourishes even before it is eaten.

Everything is Fine

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Their hair--neon white in the sun—is cut Dutch boy-style over too small ears.

We Dance

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We spun around and around in tatters and shreds, wearing time wearing it thin.

One Night Stand with the Birthday Girl Near Lincoln Park Before Leaving on my “Honeymoon”

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Terry marked each spot where we did it with a red “X” on this map she had taken from my dad's gas station. In those days gas stations gave out maps for free.

Useless Things

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Nothing is accomplished without the confidence of practice, the little joy of a pleasing thing that nourishes even before it is eaten.

Platanos

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In ESL, I learned that I was not like the kids on the Brady Bunch. I was Hispanic. It took me three weeks to remember that. HIS-PAN-IC.

Child Star

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Then there was Alyce, from your mother’s lesbian moment. Would you count her? Probably not.

Notus and the Old Hiker

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The old hiker plants his feet firmly in the craggy ground. He musters up gravity; at least, all that gravity is willing to give him. This defiance amuses Notus. He lets the old hiker think he's won.

Memorial Day

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War came home tonight. We weep and hug, while he stares over our shoulders, like the statue we'll make of him. We pour a drink for his shaky hands, wheel him past his friends the dead, and lie to each other about other, far off places as if we knew.

Her father's job

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“We don’t drop litter. Pick it up.”

O Fortuna

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She stares at the grinning death’s head in front of her, inviting her to make a deal. Any deal. She looks up and around the casino floor. She is in the center of the maze and there are no exits.

If love stories could only be written on the backs of snapping turtles... who would bother?

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...in the really faraway places where the rain falls like sugar-drop candies on the flesh of young women...

Renewal

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At first he thought it was a cat she was holding, swathed in a white, fleece blanket

Familiar Things

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It was the only fair thing to do.