"My dad died last night." "Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss." "What did you say about him?" "When?" "When you prayed for him." "Well...I guess..." "Did you pray for him?" "I don't really pray much at all. Nothing against your dad." "But you said you'd pray. When I posted on Facebook that dad was … Continue reading Do you lie on Facebook?
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Today I am proud to share a guest post by my mom, Jaloo Zelonis. I graduated from high school, went to college, got a job, got married and raised a family long before the Internet became available or social media became popular. For most of my adult life, I was geographically separated from my mother, … Continue reading Social media makes me feel like a mother again
"So what do you think: vacation or dead?" "This is messed up." "Come on. Her last post was 6 days ago. Normally she posts every few hours. At least. So do you think she is on vacation or she died?" "If you find out she did actually die you'll feel bad for joking about it." … Continue reading Vacation or Dead?
When I started Fiction Friday I was looking for a way to reinvigorate my imagination in quick bursts of flash fiction. Some weeks I know well ahead of time what will write. Some weeks an idea didn't come until Thursday. However, a theme that that has emerged is short stories about technology. I guess it … Continue reading 10 very short stories about technology
"Come on. Absolutely everyone does it." "If absolutely everyone jumped off a bridge does that mean I should too?" "Maybe. If everyone came back from jumping off the bridge alive and uninjured and continued to jump off bridges, sometimes for hours, and they told you that jumping off bridges was a super fun way to … Continue reading Antisocial Media: short fiction based on a true story
Kim Z. Dale 