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2 min read stories

Discover a collection of stories which are around 2 minutes read time.

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A New Career

Be here at eightsaid the group leader.I was late but shesaid that was okayand handed me a kitjust like hersa tin box full of nailsand a hammer.I strapped my...

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Basic

This program is designed to move a white line from one side of the screen to the other.This program is not too hard, but it has a sad ending and that makes...

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The Avalanche Club

The article said it helps to look for one thing, as a way of accidentally discovering something else. I picked bears. I was looking for bears.It didn’t work....

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Onward and Onward

In 1887 the Army Benevolent Fund decidedto charge rent to veterans who clutteredtheir otherwise peaceful brains. In 1423the Indian Ocean demanded respite...

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Pale Lemon Square

When they say nobody rides horses anymorewhat they mean is: look, the ineffable sadnesshas returned, and while every mindless plantin town is blooming, an...

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Cocorico

Any time you buy anything,you should buy an extra, in caseyou really like it. I am awarethis makes me sound dumb, likeI am a really dumb shopper.But buried...

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One of Several Talking Men

Because my head is a magnet for bullets I am spending the day indoors. FirstI admired the topiary for several hours and when my eyes began to ache I rangfor...

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Stroking My Head With My Deception Stick

Someone shut down the local shimmer but not the police who thoughtit was Sunday and so spent hours arranging their long and pliant hair.Constable Jacques is...

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The Fledgling Crocus

Soon when I look out the windowthere will be light, nothing but.In Hanover they’ve detected a weakness.Thanks a lot, Hanover. This houseis 55 degrees...

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We Are Being Paged

All the doctors at the hospital let their hair down to keep their necks warm. It wasfreezing and they were everywhere. They wanted to save our lives. They...

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Fast Clouds

It sounds good to lie on top of a thing and to melt halfway into it. A raft or a hill.Then you realize there is a splinter in your ear. Or you are eroding...

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The Small Husband

If you want to talk to your husbandand your husband is very smallyou lie down on the floorand the floor is coldbut you warm itand you look at the wallwhere...