Stories tagged human-comedy

Oddities

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One day my wife got so mad at me she raked her fingernails down my face.

Museum Pieces

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The lecturers are retired professors from Oxford or Cambridge. They are snarky and wise and aloof.

Swimming Lessons

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We spend our days on the beach, working on our tans. My pale wife hides under a big floppy hat. The water is crystal clear.

Ankles

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At five o’clock Jake joins the crowd at the back door, walks through the slush to the parking lot with Betty Boop.

Wasps' Nest

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Here’s how you do it. First you get a ladder, a long one.

Classmates

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Raymond Carver spent some time at Duffy’s rehab in the Napa Valley in California.

Bliss

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When he got out of sick bay, they moved him into a room with three other alkies. A kid, a tree trimmer, and a Catholic priest.

No Exit

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The bar was packed. Fascinated, Tom watched the shenanigans going on around him.

Quail

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I can’t take my eyes off a tall blonde with green eyes. I catch her eye.

Wedding

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The service was a disaster. The Protestants bobbed up and down. They didn't know when to stand, when to sit. I

It's a Wonderful Life

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My wife is making lunch. I suggest leftover pizza. We are going over to the neighbor’s house for pizza tonight, my wife says. I tell her that’s okay. I like pizza.

The Death of Narrative

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“Why, you tell a story,” one young fellow said. The expression on his face said “How gauche, how passé!”

Flight

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Fortunately, when the bird hits the sliding glass doors in our den, I know what to do.

The Writing Class

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I ask if anyone has a poem or a story they would like to read. Everybody's hand shoots up.

Raw Meat

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I took Annie to the zoo, and the tigers got out. The little tigers, that is. Cubs. Two of them. The zoo employees scurried about, peeking into nooks and crannies.