Fiction

Should I Use My In-Laws’ House as Free Storage? A Dialogue between Husband and Wife

After putting a load of laundry on in the basement, I sat down across from my husband at the dining room table. “It looks like a Crate and Barrel down there.” My husband politely put his bookmark in the book he was reading and set it on the table, readying himself to...
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How to Broach Difficult Subjects with a Husband: an Absurd Fiction

I’ve tried several methods of broaching difficult subjects with my husband over the course of our marriage. I’ve tried talking to him directly about them.  This is the method most often suggested by people with “degrees” or “long marriages.”  I have to say, I don’t...
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High Society Haunted House

“I love autumn dahling,” Nancy said from the back seat  of their chauffeur driven Lincoln. “It’s perfect weather for pairing my leopard print dressing gown with open-toed heels.” “I know dahling,” Darcy said.  “I’ve just been dying to wear this cheetah print dressing...
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What Virtue Would I Be Known For? A Dialogue Between Husband and Wife

One evening, I sat down across from my husband at the dining room table with a yellow pad and pen. He politely marked his place and put his book down, readying himself to humor me. “I was listening to the radio,” I said.  “They were talking about saints and how...
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High Society Haunted House

High Society Haunted House

Oct 30, 2019 | ,

“I love autumn dahling,” Nancy said from the back seat  of their chauffeur driven Lincoln. “It’s perfect weather for...

A Seinfeld Script I wrote in High School

A Seinfeld Script I wrote in High School

Jun 13, 2018 | ,

I’d come up with an episode for Seinfeld when I was in high school (which may or may not have been a little over twenty years ago).  I vaguely remembered the plot I’d formulated but thought, for the most part, my youthful stint at comedic screen-writing was lost...

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