Stories tagged micro-fiction

Rapid Transit

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

Quail

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I can’t take my eyes off a tall blonde with green eyes. I catch her eye.

The Swimmer

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He got tired of the pool party, the chit-chat, the suburban posturing, and he decided to swim home.

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.

Wedding

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The service was a disaster. The Protestants bobbed up and down. They didn't know when to stand, when to sit. I

Lost

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I don’t know where I am. It is summertime, at dusk; the dying sun and the newborn moon are low on opposite horizons.

It's a Wonderful Life

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My wife is making lunch. I suggest leftover pizza. We are going over to the neighbor’s house for pizza tonight, my wife says. I tell her that’s okay. I like pizza.

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.

The Death of Narrative

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“Why, you tell a story,” one young fellow said. The expression on his face said “How gauche, how passé!”

Flight

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Fortunately, when the bird hits the sliding glass doors in our den, I know what to do.

The Writing Class

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I ask if anyone has a poem or a story they would like to read. Everybody's hand shoots up.

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.

Icebreaker (second draft)

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A short play based on college life.

Raw Meat

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I took Annie to the zoo, and the tigers got out. The little tigers, that is. Cubs. Two of them. The zoo employees scurried about, peeking into nooks and crannies.