This is part of my Fiction Friday series. "He doesn't even know me. All he knew about me was that one comment, which he completely misinterpreted, but suddenly this guy has a PhD in everything that's wrong with me and feels it's his duty to let me and everyone else know. I hate Facebook." "True, but sometimes … Continue reading Friend request unacceptable
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The train is especially crowded today. Many oblivious upright turtles* jostling for space without even an "excuse me." The rudeness is ignored, expected, as people allow their bodies to be nudged into them-shaped gaps. Most would not hear the niceties anyway with their ears full of music loud enough for me to hear but too quiet … Continue reading Requiem for good mornings
This is part of my Fiction Friday series. "My best friends are books." It's the sort of thing a lonely person might have on a t-shirt. For me it's true. My best friend is a book. Before she was a book my best friend was my wife. She was smart and funny and energetic and beautiful until … Continue reading My best friend is a book and she’s dying (again)
This is part of my Fiction Friday series. She was one of the rare few who didn't mind public speaking. In fact, she was one of an ever rarer few who actually enjoyed it. Her type is so rare that her possible existence was ignored, and the entire department was enrolled in a mandatory public speaking workshop … Continue reading Toastmaster General (Retired)
This is part of my Fiction Friday series of very short stories. After weeks of being held hostage by heavy snow then brutal cold then heavy snow again then brutal cold again she had been thankful for the excuse to go out. She'd done enough time in solitary confinement for which she had been equally thankful for … Continue reading Buyer’s remorse
Kim Z. Dale 