Read My Shorts

Got a minute? Well...maybe three or four? Then step up and let me tell you a story that puts the FLASH in flash fiction. In today’s hurry-up world, we’re all frazzled by our jobs, families, and those dang domestic responsibilities. So who’s got time for something like a story? Right? Just give me those three or four minutes. I’ll prune away the flowery adjectives. Kill the adverbs and cut the story down to its roots. Then lay out a smack-in-the-forehead finish. Not EXACTLY an ambush, but about as close as I can come without losing my literary license.

SLIPPAGE

Word search. Forget where you put you glasses. Car keys. We all get that. Pretty much normal. But then...

09-25
07:09

CALL BLOCK

Have you noticed it? How all those spam calls are getting way more frequent. Well...want to know how to stop them?

09-18
06:23

BIG BALLS

Not everyone shared his arrogant opinion about his Big Balls. But he just ignored his mother's pleas to show some restraint.

09-11
06:17

END IT ALL

Technology overload. Lost job. Domestic dysfunction. It got to be way too much.

09-04
06:32

GITTIN' FIT

Are you outta shape. Over weight? High blood pressure. Maybe it's time to get a handle on things.

08-28
06:36

BIRTHDAY PRESENT

What to get a woman for her birthday when she has everything. Or...when you just don't have a clue.

08-21
06:21

THE TRAP

"War...whatever is it good for? Absolutely nuthin'." An iconic line from a great song. They resonate in today's episode...."absolutely nuthin'."

08-14
07:12

THE CANE

He was...well...challenged. That morning he reached out for a little help when he needed it most.

08-07
06:08

PAUL

He loved the great outdoors. And more than anything about it...fishing. So many lakes...so many fish. Until there wasn't.

07-31
05:59

IMPROV

What's this? Make it up as they go? Improvise? How...how will that ever work??

07-24
06:01

ENVY

Seven deadly sins. One stands out. And it plagued them everywhere they went.

07-17
06:12

THREE BEERS

After they went through hell together, it was only fitting that they'd make such a solemn oath to celebrate their survival.

07-10
06:17

ROSCOE

Some relationships are meant to be. Enduring the test of time. Well...until...

07-03
06:19

THE SHOOTER

He could kill a squirrel at 100 yards. What else might lie in his sights?

06-26
06:09

SUNDAY KINDA LOVE

Such a sweet song. Evocative of by-gone days. Dreams slowly slipping away. Or...were they?

06-19
06:43

FOXY OXYMORONS

Listen closely and "see what you hear." (Right there was one.) Oxymorons. Email me at williamrausch25@yahoo.com with your "exact estimate." I'll send you list of "almost all" of them.

06-12
07:59

THE EXHIBIT

Five bucks? Just five bucks to get and see all of these? Rows and rows of 'em. Such a deal.

06-05
06:06

CHIGGERS

Love to camp in the woods? Well...this'll kill your passion.

05-29
06:29

IMMORTAL

Defy death? Cheat the Grim Reaper? Easy-peasy. Well...until...

05-22
06:25

SWEEPSTAKES

Feelin' lucky? Well, as it always says on the envelope, "You might be a winner." He sure was.

05-15
06:11

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