Stories tagged flash-fiction

Exophora

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The interpreter has dispelled the myth that H. sleeps with his baseball bat.

The Glitch

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Dear God,Thank you for all of the amazing people you have given me in my life; except for the one, who I'm sure was just a clerical error or something, and whom You are welcome to take back at Your earliest convenience.Yours truly, with utmost Sincerity.PS I am trying…

the last day of the world

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I thought that was the last day of the world (when I floated up near your ceiling,) but it was the first. I thought I had seen the worst. But that was nothing. I know you had no idea what was coming when I first met you. But when we looked in each other

A Bad Haircut

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When Jenna started wearing long sleeves in the summer, her friends advised her to get a new haircut.—It'll give you your confidence back.A co-worker gave her a card for Wicked Salon on 15th.As soon as Jenna stepped outside with her shorter do, however, she knew…

happy hour

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I remember seeing five young losers standing outside this bar, smoking cigarettes in their baggy shorts and flip-flops, giving the occasional high-fives. They weren’t even eating their calzone, and I was getting upset about it. (I hadn’t eaten the whole

who really wants to be a virgin anyway?

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I remember thinking virginity was highly over-rated. Who really wants to be a virgin anyway? I got out of that state as fast as I could. Sixteen years (okay maybe 15 and a half) is long enough of not knowing what to do with your body. Screw that! But th

Chipping Granite

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I sat at the kitchen counter, aware of a heaviness, a numbness, in my flesh, my bones, my mind. My dancer's body -- short, trim and 108 pounds -- felt as huge and unmoving as the…

Wish You Were Here!

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The last postcard, kept in a secret place in the postal system, ready to be sent to the person who breaks the system. It’s your fault, the postmaster general will write, it’s you that’s ruined everything.

Cadaver Chris

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Chris comes undone

that part of life I forgot to live

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You won’t find me shopping at University Housecoats. There’s a vast gulf between being pretty, and pretty dangerous, I’ve learned. Oh yeah, and that part of life I forgot to live? I would live in the past too, if I thought I could re-achieve youth. At s

Nope.

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Can't cope. Got no hope. Got no dope. Call the Pope. Get the rope.

Prayers and Lotteries

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“What if every cloud you saw carried a bit of hope?” she said to the window, looking out at a rolling storm. There's something peaceful about stormy weather when you're inside. Stormy weather. It almost sounds quaint. “Well?” she said,…

Being James Dean

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So, Natalie and I got high and stole a car...

A Lesson

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She’s the worst student in my Modern Film class and we’re alone at a bar.

Three Questions for Any Doctor

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What are you dying to ask your Doctor?