Short Stories in 40 words or less

Part 5

Aug 5, 2021

I had a system for getting exactly what I wanted out of people.

Calculated, cunning, and possibly vindictive.

The only downside is, it didn’t work on me.

Scrape after scrape.

Stone buns here, long frozen rods over there. Hard, then moist, then hard again.

I loved the way Herb defrosted the freezer.

There were 17 cats in Larry’s basement.

I asked him, how do you manage?

He said he just sprays a little Febreze and he’s good.

I guess taking care of anything is easy when it’s dead.