At Pine and Spruce streets, a cab
tore through the stop sign, hitting an old Buick broadside and spinning it into
a lamppost. When it hit the post, the rear door burst open, a woman flying onto
the street. Everything was dead quiet for a count of five and then the woman
slapped at her face, brushing away the broken glass. With groggy eyes and a
bloodied face, she inched her way to a curly brown wig near the curb and slipped
it onto her bald head.
A string of short stories…really short stories made of only 450 characters but including character, setting and story—however abbreviated.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Monday, March 27, 2017
Shoes
A brutal day of inventory had big
Tony on his feet for ten hours, all of it made worse by uncomfortable shoes. His
feet were killing him. Going home, he crumpled into
a seat on the southbound IRT, slipping his shoes off and in no time, falling
asleep. A drunk across from Tony stared at the
shoes as the train rumbled toward 14th Street. When the doors opened
he casually picked up the shoes and got off while Tony slept on, dreaming of clothes
pins.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Hog
Hog hunting, Bubba and Edna
were crouched in a blind when Edna said, “I gotta pee-pee,” and went off into the trees. Bubba
heard bushes behind the blind rustling and grabbed
up his gun. It sounded like a big pig. Aiming at the bushes that hid the pig, he
blasted away. Poking around the brush looking for a
dead pig, he saw Edna standing behind a tree, panties around her ankles. “Now
ain’t that just like you, Bubba. Shoot me dead while I’m peeing.”
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