Stories tagged micro-fiction

Conversations

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That won’t kill me, will it? I asked. Maybe, the doctor said.

My Wife

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My wife thinks I should be committed.

The Birds

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My wife goes away for a few days to the little town where Hitchcock filmed The Birds.

Sorrows Know How to Swim

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That night he dreamed about a duel with toothbrushes....

Bad Boys

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I don’t remember much about kindergarten.... The teacher’s name was Mrs. Halverson. She was nice.

Hungry

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Why do people kill themselves with food? It’s obvious, I suppose. They’re hungry.

Forbidden Fruit

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After my vasectomy, I got a T-shirt with a picture of an orange on it. It said "All Juice, No Seeds."

Omen

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The bird sat there some time. Several minutes. My wife and I grabbed out i-Pads and took pictures.

Carnal Knowledge

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He says he’ll have a Bud, too. The woman taps her pencil on her pad, looks at the kid and says, “When?”

The Apartment House

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Everybody called her The Crier because from time to time we would hear her crying.

David

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I keep encouraging him to write stories not poems, but I think he enjoys writing things that don’t fit together. Things that stumble.

Family Friend

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My student assistant was a comely young woman. A freckle faced blonde. She was from Ohio.

Little Women

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The place is buzzing with little women, all clad in black smocks.

Wedding Bells

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I avoid weddings like the plague.

Swimming Lessons

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I’m from the Land of Sky Blue Waters. I grew up in a lake. I think I’m half fish.