It would eventually come up after a few dates, the women wanting to know family details.
“You poor thing, so sad your mother died during childbirth.”
“Yes, sad,” I’d reply, and save the sadder story that my father is in jail for blowing her head off in the delivery room.
Jerri Clayton is a freelance writer/editor and also works full time at Southern New Hampshire University as a copywriter and editor of fundraising communications. Jerri received her MFA in nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University. She is concurrently dabbling in fiction, working on a series of essays about runners, and continues revising her memoir, In the Long Run. Visit her website: JerriClayton.com.
Wow. That really caught me off guard. Great story!
Very poignant and in so few words.
Love, love, love!
Awesome job!
Darkly funny. Or maybe just to me. Nice!
OK, I’m wrecked now.
Great story! So much said in so few words!
Excellent, Jerri! Love it!
That is a funny little story… morbid but funny.
The writer shows the ugly side of life and it sucked me right into the micro story.
Great story. Love the surprise ending.
Fantastic. Love how the author went for an unexpected ending.
Made me smile and chuckle even a little.
Wow, not expecting that. I feel shaken in just 50 words!
I want more!!