Twinkle, Twinkle

I’m a mortician’s kid. I grew up around dead bodies, playing hide-and-seek in a funeral home. I had chores in the home, too, such as vacuum the viewing rooms. One night, while vacuuming, something seemed to twinkle in the casket. I went to see what it was and it was the woman’s eyes. They were […]

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Lend Me Your Ear

I was just a kid when the Army sent me to Vietnam. A lot of things happened and I just couldn’t tell you why. One of them was that I had this necklace with ears strung on it. I was at a bar there one night and a Marine walked up to me and got […]

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Mixed Signals

This guy never meant to do this, I know. But there were these big glass mugs from one of the local places. Really heavy. Well, he threw this mug and it hit this other guy in the head. It did some real damage. I got called in to donate blood for this case because of […]

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Fall Guy

It was a late autumn day, the leaves were down, and it had been raining. I was wearing my computer glasses. They’re pretty good for distances of roughly one desk, but things start getting fuzzy once you get to measurements greater than a couch. It wasn’t the best choice to go grocery shopping, but I […]

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One is Enough

I awoke to a skittering across my back. After jumping around and swatting at my back, I noticed the strange quality of my cat’s insistent meow. She had caught something and was proud of it. I just knew it. I tore apart the room to find it and sure enough, there was a mouse cowering […]

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