| The Winter Gardener
| | I took Saginaw Street to 96 W to 69 S and got off at the exit where the gigantic new Meijerâ??s was located, sitting on a rise in the distance like a small city. I followed Stewart Road through flat,... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-02-07 |
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| Before the War with the Asians
| | I walked outside into a wall of humidity and heat in order to get the mail. Not a cloud in the sky. It was only eleven oâ??clock but the heat index had to be well over ninety. Later that afternoon,... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 12-07-06 |
| Words: | 2510 | | Comments: | 7 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Huntley's Mobile Auction
| | I wore my oldest and most comfortable pair of sleeping pants. A gray t-shirt with a stretched-out neck and a baseball cap completed the look. I walked across the street to see about the ruckus. In... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 31-03-06 |
| Words: | 2846 | | Comments: | 10 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Remaining Light
| | I had to reach under the seatbelt and lift my pocket flap to find the bottle of pills. It would have made sense to have waited until the first available stoplight to pop the childproof cap but I was... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 31-03-06 |
| Words: | 3956 | | Comments: | 5 | | Status: | Reader |
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| The Swimming Pool
| | He stepped out of the bathroom, his razor buzzing against the grain of his beard. He had noticed earlier that the pool was about an inch low. He wore his favorite pair of faded Leviâ??s shorts. When he... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 27-03-06 |
| Words: | 4270 | | Comments: | 18 | | Status: | Reader |
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| What Rifkin Knew
| | Rifkin considered his life, for the most part, a failure in progress. He wasnâ??t the only one who thought so. Not only had he failed at the bigger things in life, the littler things gave him great... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 21-02-06 |
| Words: | 3013 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Reader |
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