Microfiction

Minute Waltz

Photo by Abbie Bernet on Unsplash by Beth Sherman Will you remember laughing gulls, their claws scratching stars in the sand? Or faded rowboats, oars pulled tight as broken wings? Two days from

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The Lesser Birds

Photo by Carlos Veras on Unsplash by Beth Sherman I was walking in the park where my father and I used to go birding when I spotted a hawk. It looked at me

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Strangers

Photo by Flay-Lay, Freepix.com by Beth Sherman After your father’s death, you go to Ruby Tuesday for the loaded cheese fries and a chocolate chip cookie served warm in a

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Epidemiology

Photo by CDC on Unsplash by Sean Ennis I’ve caught that disease where every time you blink, you see a face. If you keep your eyes closed, the face fades. Oh, what’s it

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Sex And Wild Seed* 

Photo by Anete Lusina: Pexels.com *From Breath and Shadow: Six Sentence Stories, Mad Hat Press, 2024 co-authored with Robert Scotellaro by Meg Pokrass You handed me a bouquet of fake flowers

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Acting School Lessons*

*From Breath and Shadow: Six Sentence Stories, Mad Hat Press, 2024 co-authored with Robert Scotellaro Photo by Alain Freschette: Pexels.com By Meg Pokrass As part of the Stanislavski acting method,

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