Flash Fiction

They had gotten so involved they couldn’t even spell the word.

— Four Inspired People in a Bar

"You started on the 5-chord?" He was aghast.
"What's your point?" She tossed an empty water bottle into the back of the van.
— Two Musicians on a Road Trip

I have to slip into something more comfortable, like a coma.

— Conversation with a Teenage Boy

At 4 o'clock this afternoon I had an idea. Four hours later, the novel is finished after three years of work.
I glanced up from my words and looked down at my foot. "Where the hell is my other shoe?" 
I was going to take out the trash, but inspiration struck until I remembered that two words remained: 
The End.
— A True Story, 5/3/2022