Category Archives: Very very short stories

You really must immediately read the other 24 on this list

Seriously. Do it now.
When the child psychologist confirmed that Matthew was developmentally delayed, I thought that meant he could catch up. I really did.

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The tip of a story of faith and persistence

Heartbreaking? Admirable? Sad?
Since late 2005 I have been pregnant for 96 weeks (24 months) and have only given one live birth.

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Does this look like a teaser for a ‘Tyra’ show or what?

You know the ones: “How does this marriage work? We’ll meet the couple after this…”
A Persian cat is no less maintenance than a Persian husband.

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A world of love and sadness in a short Thing

Surely there is a story behind this one:
At age 20, I was already a mom and a widow. (I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody but if I lived my life over again I wouldn’t change a thing because Nicole is the best thing that has ever happened to me.)

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Do you think Jesus had an opinion about jewelry?

And yet, we all know there are Christians who turn up their, um, noses at overly pierced people. Which probably inspired this Thing:
I really like my nose ring. I like to see people’s reaction, especially those who still have issues with stuff like that…lol…yes, Jesus loves me too…even with the nose ring.

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Another great movie plot disguised as a Random Thing

A few years ago, this could have been a star vehicle for Julia Roberts. Or maybe it was?

My first job out of school was at a small magazine about online investing, based in Chicago. Five months after I started working, the magazine closed shop one random Friday (after the dot-com bubble burst.) The night before [...]

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A pretty good opening for a memoir, doncha think?

About seven years ago I arrived in America with 2 suitcases and re-invented myself into a new life and never looked back.

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Today’s Best Random Things: Very very short stories

There’s a legend that Hemingway wrote a six-word story: Baby shoes for sale, never worn. Some Best Things have that same quality of a small window onto a narrative landscape. Some of the Best I’ve seen so far:

I was saluted by Bill Clinton with a lamb chop in the White House.

I once saved a [...]

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