Short Story

The Tea Was Strong

There it was. The little house.

Was coffee mandatory. Were cups. Were flowers.

Who comes.

Mrs. Dandelion opens the door. Her name is Wanda. And her hand is held out. Held out to me. She has my hand. But she will not…

Some Have Wilted

A man was telling me a story. The man is telling me the story. The story seems to have no end and the man will not allow me to get in a word. The man goes on and on.

He has a cigarette. But he has no time no time to smoke it. He cannot smoke it. For the man is busy…

I Have Always Wanted to Possess a Pepperhorse

Perplexing purple lines heavy lines. The lines have lined the wall and Thebes Thebe is by the wall.

Thebes Thebe is not purple. But do her veins appear that way they do in the shadows here.

Bertha

Paintbrushes. Paintbrushes are the brushes that Bertha uses and it is paint that has them wet. Paintbrushes are useful in this case. Bertha has the eye. Bertha has the eye she has the paint she has the brushes she has the brushes that the brushes that are wet with paint will paint. Will both paint and brush. And…

Verelma has the hat. She has the hat in her hands. She holds the hat. The hat is on the floor. Verelma has the hat. The hat is on the floor. Wanda has the hat. She has the hat in her hands. Verelma has the hat in her hands. Wanda has the hat on her head.

Ed has entered.

Tves was mildly surprised. There were no cereal bits about the cereal box. No matter. Tves would toss the cereal box toward the garbage box. The cereal box would land close to the garbage box and Tves would stroll to the window.

Tves watched the birds. They were flying. Good — he thought. They should fly. That was a good…

The Man’s Name

Her idea was this: that we would 1) learn the man’s name 2) pronounce the name correctly, and 3) remember on both accounts. But to me the task did not seem possible and I returned my attention to the native american basket that I was making as a gift to my aunt.

The Cup and the Tea

The cup was made of porcelain and had been painted a fancy pattern. The pattern had not faded and the cup was still a favorite of Ruth who was the mother. But Ruth had not risen from her bed. But someone had put the cup on the table but had put no tea to lure a mouth to its bottom.

Dan Alone

What happens when Dan is alone? What does he do, what does he say, how does he look?

Dan says that when alone he looks long at his face in the mirror, he looks long at the palms of his hands, and he reads a book. But he will never finish book, unless the book is very short or if it’s…

The Resort

He was very much in a midst. His skis. Where were his skis? He was at the ski resort and his skis still stood in the closet of his bedroom at home, unless his roommate for some reason had moved them.

Even so he sat with comfort in the lodge beside the wide wide windows and he looked…