funny stories Mary Steer short stories Friday, June 2, 2017 April Fool by Mary Steer <i>Melissa's lunch is interrupted by a stranger who claims to know every detail of her life; by Mary Steer.</i><br><br> <i>April showers bring May flowers, April showers bring May flowers</i>, thought Melissa as she bent her head into the rain and strode up the street towards her favourite café. <i>But May is a long way off and meanwhile we have these frickin' showers to put up with</i>. A penetrating cold went along … Read more Labels: funny stories Mary Steer short stories 6 comments:
funny stories Mary Steer pick of the month very short stories Friday, December 16, 2016 To Do List by Mary Steer <i>Mary Steer's snapshot of middle class domestic life will ring hauntingly true with busy couples everywhere.</i><br><br> Wake up. Get up. Turn on fish tank light. Take dog into backyard. Wait while dog does business. Pick up after dog. Ponder how life is less like a box of chocolates and more like a used grocery bag full of dog shit. Drag dog back in. Feed fish, but not with diced-up pieces of husband - y… Read more Labels: funny stories Mary Steer pick of the month very short stories 13 comments:
funny stories Mary Steer very short stories Friday, February 12, 2016 Courtship Contemplation Reaches Floral Conclusion by Mary Steer <i>Mary Steer tells a short and cute story without repeating a single word.</i><br><br> In just over two hundred original words, can it come out - one's passion for another? Making each one rare, yet appropriate - without repetition? <br><br> Perhaps. <br><br> Desiring uniqueness requires an attempt. Here goes: <br><br> Those eyes, that smile, hair like a wild river foaming through rainstorms, skin smooth and soft as creamy pale p… Read more Labels: funny stories Mary Steer very short stories 13 comments:
