Jan 22

I noticed that I haven’t written a short story in a long time, so I added this one.  It’s not a new story, but it’s a story that my friend Carmen LOVED, so I have included it in the stable of Eric shorts.

The Broken Clasp …. by Eric

Yesterday I found a locket on the floor of the bus under the fat woman in the red dress, who I had seen everyday for the past seven years but never spoke with.  As I bent down to pick it up she asked me what it was I was reaching for.  I told her that it was simply a shiny penny that just happened to fall from the front inseam pocket of my worn blue-jeans.  She contented that simply nothing could have fallen from the front inseam pocket of my worn blue-jeans, and concluded that the alleged penny in Read the rest of this entry »