Tag Archives: Chad Benjamin Smith

CHAD BENJAMIN SMITH: Closing Time

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She removed her shoes. She tossed her coat to the couch. With a crooked gait, she made her way through the small apartment swaying from side to side, just as she did on her lonely walk home in the early hours.

From outside in the darkness, I watched and waited.

Fifty-word stories appeal to Chad Benjamin Smith because he is impatient and has a short attention span. Admittedly, Chad Benjamin Smith has more flaws than a short third-person bio can fit. He readily jumps at the opportunity to flaunt his shortcomings and embrace his negative qualities.

CHAD BENJAMIN SMITH: The Pink Room

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Nothing processed, no matter how many conversations we had at the hospital. Confusion made for a long ride home. I don’t remember walking through the front door.

I only remember when Lindsey saw the unopened gifts from the shower scattered on the nursery floor. That’s when she began to cry.

Chad Benjamin Smith never met a word that didn’t deserve writing. Perhaps that cheapened his work. He is a watcher. When that’s not enough, he’s a doer. He was born in a hospital and lives in a house. He goes to work and doesn’t write about it (except for just now). In addition to writing 50-word stories, he writes amazing third person bios.