My Painting of Me by Adam Berlin
“I didn’t wrap it well,” she said. She was right. She hadn’t. The edges were off, the tape sloppy, the paper paper-bag brown.
Millhouse Again by Paul Beckman
Millhouse awoke when the page dropped on him. It was the third time and he got up and dove escaping the next crushing page.
No Monster by Eric Bosse
I wanted chocolate chip cookies, so I made a batch with extra chocolate chips then passed off my indulgence as a gesture of love for my wife and kids.
Via Dolorosa by Karen Jones
Children laugh, shout, “Haw, Fur Coat! That you away to the opera, aye?”
Anatomy of a Marriage by Stephanie Hutton
The scan confirms what I already suspect: my organs are in the wrong place. The doctor shakes her head at the computer screen.