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SHORT

In Short on December 25, 2010 at 12:10 pm

And the hemorrhoid, like any hemorrhoid, would give the man some asshole advice.

LONG

In Long on December 25, 2010 at 12:05 pm

“Maybe next time,” she would say, giving my hair a tousle.

GENRE

In Genre on December 25, 2010 at 12:00 pm

I had me a whole goddamn team of ghostmen.

SHORT

In Short on December 24, 2010 at 12:10 pm

There’s nothing wrong with Jorge, except for the missing tongue, and the fact that he follows me around as if we know one another.

LONG

In Long on December 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm

There was a big fuss and when he met my sister he said she resembled an onion.

GENRE

In Genre on December 24, 2010 at 12:00 pm

The elevator dropped another few centimetres, and she knew there were no engineers. Someone was trying to kill her. Again.

 

SHORT

In Short on December 23, 2010 at 12:10 pm

My roommate says, “For some reason I expected there to be like, a little giraffe inside the orange when I peeled it.”

LONG

In Long on December 23, 2010 at 12:05 pm

I’m just changing the topic to the theater in order to stop thinking about my clitoris and vagina.

GENRE

In Genre on December 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm

It had been ages since anyone had called her by her name; her poppa being the last person to do so, and he had died almost twenty years ago.

SHORT

In Short on December 22, 2010 at 12:10 pm

One thinks if I had looked out the window that day, I might have seen him fall in, might have re-atomized at the edge of the pool to lift the chlorine sponge of his lungs into this world again. (“Major Digression Set To Minor,” by Jimmy Chen)

LONG

In Long on December 22, 2010 at 12:05 pm

I didn’t dress up to testify, just a collared shirt and a newer pair of jeans, because I didn’t have any nice clothes.

GENRE

In Genre on December 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm

I lost my balance with her.  I liked it.

SHORT

In Short on December 21, 2010 at 12:10 pm

The damned had nothing on his cousins.

LONG

In Long on December 21, 2010 at 12:05 pm

I saw him on ++++++ Street.

GENRE

In Genre on December 21, 2010 at 12:00 pm

After several sinuous waves, he felt the metal crown up into his mouth.

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