STORY # 311 (27 words)

ACHILLES HEEL

Her addiction to Antiques Roadshow only got in the way twice.
Once, she lost her job.
And the other turned a would-be suitor into an awkward liability.

STORY # 310 (31 words)

EVOLUTION

Three years now I’ve been squatting in rich people’s vacation homes.
The idea of caviar used to make me sick to my stomach.
Now I can’t go a day without it.

THE COOL

Every once in awhile one of those cool little numbers "things" happens. Like today, I rolled a 31 on day number 310. That's all. Just kind of cool, no? Hope you're all well. And thanks so much for reading.

STORY # 309 (86 words)

VAPOR TRAIL

“I came here to talk,” he said, and he thought he meant it.
But sitting there, on the edge of her meticulously made bed, he realized the enormity of what had come between them and he clammed up.
She wished he would say something, anything, but the longer he sat there staring at his feet, she knew what it foretold.
When at last they silently agreed the end was already upon them and he left, the one lonely cloud in the sky shifted, broke apart, vanished.

STORY # 308 (17 words)

LITTLE LANCE, CRUSHED

Uncle Ted said, “Wish in one hand, shit in the other—see which one fills up faster.”

STORY # 307 (26 words)

IN TOLERANCE

In his dreams he went to prom with Jake, the hottie in Algebra II.
But in reality he succumbed to social persuasion and asked a girl.

STORY # 306 (25 words)

THE PUBLIC EYE

Finding the unicorn was the best and worst thing I’ve ever done.
It brought me magic, but no spell can keep the world from staring.