Here’s some very very short excerpts from some very short stories that only took a minute to read but made me feel something. Enjoy!
“God’s grace is wide and deep as the sea. I’ve found that if I sit here long enough, he comes back, warming up this little house with a light so fine it brings tears to your eyes just to see it. He always comes back, just so long as I don’t try too hard to see him.” — At Smokelong Quarterly, “Bathroom Jesus” by Kelli Ford.
“After everything that had happened it seemed fitting to start the new year wrapped in the dead.” At Night Train, “Ghost Clothes” by Eric Howerton.
“I asked him how long we all had. He told me he sent away for the telescope after collecting the necessary proofs of purchase. It didn’t come with any instructions.” — At >Kill Author, “Four Micros From ‘Visiting Writers‘” by Ravi Mangla. (Note: the “him” is Kurt Vonnegut).
“I am too weary to explain for the hundredth time that we African Union forces are in Darfur only as peacemakers and cannot attack. The only weapon we can wield is shame, which the enemy is impervious to.” At Eclectica, “Circles Within Circles” by Jerry Budinski.
