Short stories in 40 words or less. (series)

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Balloon.

I admired the way she said the word “balloon”.

She said it as if she were blowing bubbles.

Hilarious…It made me forget to which the balloon referred to, the bills I forgot to pay.

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Family Games

I cheated on my spouse. And it wasn’t the first time.

Blissfully she slept, my heart was alone with this knowledge.

I turned, shook her shoulder — in between her yawn, I confessed.

I moved her Monopoly piece to park place.

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The Wake

“You stole your mother’s pearls, David?”

“That Old bat gave them to me, Claire, it was…a gift.”

The wind shield wipers stuttered over the once moist window”

Claire asked, “What do you call an impatient grave robber?”