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Familiarity Breeds Contempt
The relationship between Gustav Jensen and your humble narrator, his lodger these past six months, had been strained for some time. One Tuesday afternoon the dam burst.
By Joe Young2 years ago in Fiction
The First Rule in Baseball
I hurl the ball down the middle before the batter is even settled. “Strike!” the umpire calls. The kid steps back and looks at his coach, who nods to him and claps supportively.
By B.A. Durham10 months ago in Fiction
Infrarena
My mother always told me that it is a small world. If I ever get a chance to speak to her again, I will have to tell her that the world is much bigger than we think.
By David E. Perry2 years ago in Fiction
Protein Waffles
1. You stand in the bathroom curling your hair and talking to your college BFF in Massachusetts. You want to look beautiful on your 32nd birthday. To get this day right despite a week of disappointment. Mom pops her head around the doorframe looking anxious. Oh god, she’s probably whipped up some healthy breakfast concoction, knowing you are out of the house the rest of the day. She is your Mom. She’s the reason you are here to celebrate this day. But 32 years is a long time to feel indebted and grateful. To play the subservient game you perfected at age eight. To watch Mom shrink your lululemon, pick fat free steak for dinner and pair it with whatever organic Pinot she’s craving. To make sarcastic comments to your daughter -her grand daughter- when she won’t eat her vitamins or blueberries. “Thirty-two could be transforming,” her former roomie says. One thing is certain; it’s a hell of a long time to live at home with Mom and Dad.
By Barbara Steinhauser 2 years ago in Fiction
Reflection
After a long week of classes and stressful events at work, Morgan decided to join some of her classmates shopping over the weekend. Plus she secretly loved going into local vintage shops, browsing through used clothing she couldn't afford when on sale at the big box stores. It wasn't her fault textbooks were so expensive.
By Mattie :)2 years ago in Fiction
The Trees and the Town
There was a town that barely stood taller than the crown of trees surrounding it, protecting it like a stone gate to a castle.
By Amethyst Champagne2 years ago in Fiction
In the White
Must be a Monday. Monday something-something. I can't seem to remember the date anymore. Or even why I first came in here. Everything before I walked in seems to be fading out, like my brain is wading through some sort of white-noise swamp. Odd to be in a shopping cart as I save this...
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Fiction
Turbulance
Turbulence. What a funny word. It could be applied to so many things. Instability. Choppy air currents. Inner turmoil. At the moment, I was experiencing all of those at once.
By B2 years ago in Fiction
A Basket Of Shadows
Introduction The title is from a Polly Jean Harvey poem and Irene Adler is Elementary. This is a microfiction based on her character.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Fiction
Sand Stop Time
April 15, 2012 It started with pens and pencils just appearing out of nowhere. The first time she noticed a pencil appear out of nowhere, Anne was going to take a shower. She was taking a towel out of the Linen closet and there was a red pencil on the floor. Anne was thinking, how did it get there? She did not think anything of it and went straight to taking a shower.
By Mariann Carroll2 years ago in Fiction
World in Tatters Ch. 11
We make our way back out through the kitchen into the alley. I’m still practically dragging a stunned Alice by her shoulder.
By Kevin Barkman2 years ago in Fiction
Utopia Lost
“Thomas, be reasonable. Sign the oath, and you will sleep warm beside your wife tonight. Don’t impoverish your family through nothing more than your own stubbornness!”
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction