Stories tagged flash

Just a Mountain

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It's one of the few times their dad speaks about their mother as if they were once a real, live, couple.

A Minute to Midnight

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It was daisy view. That’s what happened― daisy view all over again.

The Fluid Life

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Wet September in Eureka, Jasmine blooms profusely. Perfume scents waft free. Rain drops might be falling nails; sparkling needles when they slow . Second gasps of rose blooms sprinkle petals. Sprays of other flowers, names unknown, attract green Hummingbirds. Promiscuous…

dinner for one

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no one else comes in my back door but you

Eff the Vote

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While my rival was irresistible, I found her tax plan disgusting and her morality views puritanical. I couldn’t resist, though, her fascist primness.

Walking on Water

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After his chemotherapy failed, he went water skiing.

Mothers of Invention

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the thing has tipped the balance somehow

At the Gate of Gehenna

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I feel watched by an unknowable jailer.

Wolves and Butterflies

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But I do not dig graves, only cradles...

Only in America

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Mullah Omar was quoted as saying that “America will fall to the ground.” The extinction of America will come about if God is willing.

Salinger Pays Caulfield a Visit

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Out in the world again, pretending to belong.

Captains of Industry

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Renee said, "I have actually slept with a number of Captains of Industry and would rate them, overall, deficient in skills."

First Date

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Both men sip their Cabernet Franc.

Mm Mm Good

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I woke up on the sofa in Doc's living room about an hour later. I went downstairs. Doc and Kat were in the guest bedroom.

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

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One of the women is a brassy blond, and when she takes off her coat, I almost choke on a French fry.