Word count 892 Sunday Whoever. July 23, 2023literallystories2014 This week’s whoever has been a wonderfully quirky and enthusiastic supporter of the site for a long time now. We first published Doug Hawley in 2016 and he has been with us submitting, reading, commenting, and generally getting in … Continue reading Literally Stories Interview
Death Row Magazine
After the meal dessert Word Count 571 “This month’s exclusive article is on the final meals for the inmates before they are put to death. We have been to many prisons in several states which have the sense to deprive the dregs of society, the … Continue reading Death Row Magazine
Belle Lake
Word count 1033 Duke rushed into his house at 10AM on Saturday. After he shut the door, he bent over gasping for air. When he finally could speak, he said “Shere, you won’t believe what I just saw.” “Probably, but why don’t you … Continue reading Belle Lake
Credit Where Credit Due
Word count 495 Before the main event, here are the runner ups – The physical: Climbing the least interesting fourteener in Colorado Completing four Portland Marathons (notice finished, not run) Bench pressed more than my weight The intellectual: Ph.D. in mathematics (possibly the … Continue reading Credit Where Credit Due
1 Corinthians 13
Word count 299 1 Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” Only the first part is … Continue reading 1 Corinthians 13
Pitch
Something like this. Probably daylight. Word count 100 He had been following her for over an hour. She had seen him before and was concerned. Bulging belly, dirty holey sweatshirt, grungy jeans at half mast. Just his luck, she walked into an alley. When he … Continue reading Pitch
Oscar
Word count 636 “Our next category is special effects. Judy, can you hand me the envelope?” “Here you go Grant.” “And the winner is Black Magic Studios for “From Heaven To Hell”. Here to accept for them is their president and owner Beal Scratch.” … Continue reading Oscar
Portland To Portland
Beginning and ending around here. Word count 998 I think about home in three dimensions - The dwelling, the location, and the internal environment. The first twenty years of home was a three level including basement in a place which was outside Portland, Oregon USA … Continue reading Portland To Portland
True Or False
Word count 3185 Which of these are true and which are false Mortality I have the body of a twenty year old – I keep it in the refrigerator for midnight snacks. I was worried when I was told that I … Continue reading True Or False
Chair
They look better than most of us Word count 100 Once a month the dance band section of the Lake Oswego Millennium Concert Band plays at a local Oregon church. It mostly plays big band numbers from the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the … Continue reading Chair
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