Posted on November 17, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
There are 15 short stories on this blog for your reading pleasure. Just go to the sidebar and under Categories click on “Flash Fiction Stories.” Once you read to the bottom of a page of stories just click on the link you find at the bottom to read more stories. You can do this until you’ve read all the stories on [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The snow is falling on Braddock Avenue but it’s not sticking. I’ve just come from the break room at the Braddock Employment And Training Center. I’m sitting at my computer in the classroom trying to concentrate on my typing drills even though the radiators in my apartment banging all last night long kept me from sleeping more [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Yesterday, the first real snow of the year fell in the city. This morning the radio announcer said the high would be 36 degrees with a wind chill factor in the twenties. It’s time to break out my winter coat, cloth hat and golves. I haven’t been to the Braddock Employment And Training Center since [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
While I was in graduate school my instructors and classmates were generally supportive of my efforts to master the very short story. The best compliment I got usually went something like, “This is so good. It would really make a great long story or even a novel.” It wasn’t until after I graduated that I [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s 8:00pm. I thought the Steelers were going to lose that game. 11-10. What kind of a football score is that? I did run the sweeper and cleaned the bathroom floor plus did two loads of laundry so I didn’t just drink beer, read the Sunday paper and watch football all day today. I have to watch the [...]
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