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Short Stories - 50 words or less
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2034Oh my God, a story and a kick in the pants all at once! You are a superior wriManyMoose-9/12/2005
2033THE WRITE STUFF Idealess He confessed "Help me!" "Help yourselfHonor First-9/12/2005
2032How about a story, then? I'm fresh out.ManyMoose-9/12/2005
2031Don't be silly. Nobody is ever banned except in totalitarian regimes. SomeSolon-9/12/2005
2030<B>Good Speak</B> Fifty or less sends the message. In print it is ManyMoose-9/11/2005
2029<B>Gone</B> No screeching from the nest. No unruly fledglings. NoManyMoose-9/11/2005
2028I can't talk to you. I'm banned.ManyMoose-9/10/2005
2027<i>"Favour??? What's this?</i>" <b>FAVOUR</bSolon-9/10/2005
2026Sorry, you blew the word count, Solon. For myself, I prefer to pee in the wooManyMoose-9/10/2005
2025In private homes I sit. Why? Because miniscule droplets of urine ALWAYS spatterSolon-9/10/2005
2024Oh, that is just priceless! And so true. I would say it is the defining story ManyMoose-9/10/2005
2023honor first- namaste! -shortyelpolvo-9/10/2005
2022<b>SHORT SPEAK</b> Fifty words or less. If everyone were requireHonor First-9/10/2005
2021<B>Canoe Man</B> He boiled spruce roots and birch bark, and split cManyMoose-9/9/2005
2020<B>Leaving</B> "Mom! Dad! You’re eating it all! I’m hungry!&ManyMoose-9/9/2005
2019<B>I-10 Triage</b> Something going on ahead. Traffic slows to rubbManyMoose-9/2/2005
2018<b>LIFE BLOOD</b> The arm reached out tenses, then relaxes. A genHonor First-9/2/2005
2017<B>A Thousand Hopes</B> The older man poured as I waded up knee deeManyMoose-8/31/2005
2016THE OTHER SIDE "I used to suffer, too," he said. "Now I am alwSolon-8/31/2005
2015<B>Irritating Moments</B> "Remove your watch." "I&#ManyMoose-8/30/2005
2014I love it! A little humor mixed with a little truth. Makes the irritating momeHonor First-8/30/2005
2013Not a story, so don't hold me to the word limit: When I worked in a FederalManyMoose-8/30/2005
2012Bravo! All I can say is: "The End" And what a glorious one it is!ManyMoose-8/30/2005
2011<b>GRUB ADDICTION</b> He took a number. It was number 100. BeholdHonor First-8/30/2005
2010Let's go back to 50 words or less. <B>Truce</B> Horseshoes andManyMoose-8/30/2005
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