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JENNIFER HROVAT: Christmas at Grandma’s: Based on a True Story

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She cleared her throat, he emitted a small cough, and both focused their eyes anywhere but on the ham they were each having trouble chewing.

It rested on a platter, unnaturally shiny: the kind of shiny borne not of glaze, but an aged cook neglecting to remove the plastic wrap.

Jennifer Hrovat was inspired to get back into writing when she won some free socks in a Haiku contest last year. When not trying to score accessories through the written word, she works as a counselor and spends her free time running, reading murder mysteries, and making a giant tasty mess of her kitchen.

MARIAN BROOKS: Transformation

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As his final act of transformation, Harold Jenkins chose to end his life at the ripe age of ninety-two. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at his home in Pine Hills, Florida, dignity intact.

His tombstone read, “In life I was magnificent. Now I am immortal.”

Newly retired, Marian Brooks has begun to write some short fiction.  She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband. Her work has appeared in Curly Red Stories, Thick Jam and Post Card Shorts among others.

BRYAN JOYNER: The Widower’s Weekly Welcome

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Friday. Like every day, the widower awoke to a still estate, silence broken occasionally by his stoic butler’s steps.

His children had left long ago with their trust funds.

His diminished spirits lifted when his chauffeur drove him to his last joy. Taking his place, he smiled. “Welcome to Walmart!”

Bryan Joyner is a middle-aged banker who read about 50-word stories in Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind”, and began using the concept to connect with his two college age children. Each of them write stories and send them to each other for feedback.

He Thought, She Thought

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He could no longer deny it: he was turning into a cat. He had thicker and thicker hair growing all over his body, he took frequent naps, he saw things during the night…

She could no longer deny it: he was getting older, and he thought he was a cat.

Listen Well

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Martha said, “Listen well, Little Tommy. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my many years, it’s that you’ve got to have self control.”

Tommy folded his chubby little arms. “You’re not the boss of me!”

“Listen to your grandmother,” said Martha, wagging her seven-year-old finger. “And to me, too.”