Stories tagged flash

An Old Peach

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Allen would stroll the remains of the orchard, reminiscing with Tad, flirting with dementia.

Punk Rock Girls

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Here and there, paper boats smeared with ketchup drift against a tide of brochures: PETA, Planned Parenthood, Greenpeace, while we rage: a joyful storm surge threatening the levy of bouncers.

Bye-bye Love

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Barbie wore only her clear pink heels...

Snowdick

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My neighbors are building another snowdick. “You guys got this down,” I say. “The veining, and all- It’s very impressive. I hope you’re documenting, of course?”

Shatterday

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'You be Batman, I'll be the Batmobile - skid me round tight corners, drive me up the wall.'

1968: What I Wanted

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Her smile dazzled me from across the room.

A Perfect Woman

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Oxygen catches in her throat, but anyway, she breathes.

The Majesty of the Infinite

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The other night at work, some kid was in for swallowing a snail's shell. He was nine and, according to the computer, did not have cognitive insufficiency. That last bit was probably put there to make us all not feel guilty about laughing at him.

Alternate Timelines

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Physicists say that a tremendous amount of energy has to be generated in order to rip through space-time, to jump to another place, and at this time, we're incapable of doing it. I have to disagree. They've never met my brain. I fear it's going to kill me

Triptych: Glass, Miasma, Pernicious

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Lingering fragrance of skunk and spunk while coffee percolates.

Mount Vernon

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I'm driving to a job interview at Mount Vernon. Yes, that's right -- working in the gift shop.

Second Only in Faith

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“Were you in the process of self-pleasure?”

Blue Crabs

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The perfect murder, and it’s not even murder.

Mirko's Morning

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"Your loss," she cackled, stumbled to the bed in the corner, hummed a tuneless song, and began snoring, too.

Man on the Run

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I’m sure they remember everything, the others who were there. That day will ride with them like a dark and unwanted passenger.