Unusually Short Stories

Unusually Short Stories

By Robert BruceSociety & CultureFiction
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Unusually Short Stories episodes

  • The Heist
    After the heist, she bought a facelift in a Bel Air basement for $20K, and spent the rest of her forty-seven years hiding in plain sight.
    1 min
  • The Secret
    Lacking a story, the writer turned to bourbon, which turned into two nights in jail and seven new stories in the bank.
    1 min
  • The Ear
    It had once served someone, but there in the road, the severed ear lay deaf to our questions.
    1 min
  • The Object
    He'd been carrying the object for luck, with no idea that two men in Istanbul were wheels up and on their way to kill him for it.
    1 min
  • The Bankruptcy
    The actor spent months researching his role in the gambling dens of New Orleans. His performance was perfect. His bankruptcy is pending.
    1 min
  • The Genius
    Having achieved immortality, the celebrated writer turned his genius toward the more difficult problem of paying taxes.
    1 min
  • The Ritual
    She had taken the Nobel Prize in Literature by chopping wood for thirty minutes before sitting down to her typewriter each day.
    1 min
  • The Whispers
    He was beginning to wonder whether his many ambitions would ever make good on the promises they had whispered to him so long ago.
    1 min

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Filed to the Internet daily, from an undisclosed location near you. If you’re into Mamet, Chandler, or Houellebecq, this stuff might work for you. Good luck …