Microfiction
Confessions of a Mine Accident Survivor
In recent years, eco-tourism has become popular in cities, and Niudong Town, adjacent to Taihu Lake, has become a bustling tourist destination. The residents of the town have all started businesses revolving around tourism. Wu Delong is no exception, but he neither raises a flag to attract customers to open a hotel nor wears a loudspeaker to recite scripts as a tour guide, as he lacks the conditions for these, being blind. Wu Delong hired some workers to start renovating his own cattle shed: under his command, the workers cleaned the shed, laid straw, added iron fences, and locked them... The villagers were curious and asked him what he was doing, to which he replied in a muffled voice, "Building a hotel." The person who asked was shocked and thought he had gone mad, not daring to continue the conversation.
By John Bruceabout a year ago in Fiction
Family Matters
"Oh, Jeff... I love you too... but..." Jeanne closed her eyes, reliving the day she'd overheard those words 20 years ago. Oh, she'd known Jeff was stepping out on her. Why else would she have picked up the extension that day? What she hadn't known was the identity of the tart he'd been whoring around with.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Fiction
Wrapper Wanted
Materials like scissors, clear tape, a box and of course wrapping paper laid out like an assortment of tools fit for a letter bomber. That’s how he felt, anyway. Forty-year-old husband and father Ferg Whitmore had just bought gift bags in the past. Now, he looked at this as a challenge.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
