“You never needed to walk away”, she said.
“You made my decision inevitable”, he replied.
“You never would accept the blame.”
“I rest my case.”
And Other Personas
These are my pieces of extremely short fiction
“You never needed to walk away”, she said.
“You made my decision inevitable”, he replied.
“You never would accept the blame.”
“I rest my case.”
“Will all those waiting for the arrival of flight 911 please assemble at the rendezvous point,” the announcer bellowed.
I looked up. The old town was as it had always been. A life-time away and some things don’t change.
I walked into the room; our eyes met. In a moment we lived a life together, then we went our separate ways.
Two beginnings lie together in a sea of oil. White and yellow they stare. No hope of resurrection.
He walked away from the door and took a bite of the apple.
I wept at his funeral.
She had no interest in her work. She took a gun to work. She never went back.