#SOL20 Day 6: Short Fiction

If we’re trying to kill him with kindness, she mused, can we please try to do it a bit faster?

Published by Lainie Levin

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arjeha says:

March 6, 2020 at 10:56 am

Thanks for the smile. I needed it this morning.

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1. Lainie Levin says:
  
  March 6, 2020 at 1:24 pm
  
  Thanks! I was actually thinking about a different piece when this came to my brain. =)
  
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livinglife816287820 says:

March 6, 2020 at 10:59 am

This is so good…micro fiction sounds intriguing!

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1. Lainie Levin says:
  
  March 6, 2020 at 1:25 pm
  
  Thanks! There is one account I follow on Twitter – @ASmallFiction – who posts stories like these.
  
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Maureen Ingram says:

March 6, 2020 at 1:46 pm

So cute!

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Fran Haley says:

March 7, 2020 at 5:14 am

I love those small stories on Twitter – it’s harder than one thinks to craft such a zinger in so few words. I just recalled Hemingway’s: “For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” Cuts like a knife. Yours, here – hits us right where we are and who we are, with humor. Too fun!

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1. Lainie Levin says:
  
  March 7, 2020 at 8:40 am
  
  Thanks! And yes, that Hemingway story hits hard.
  
  I may experiment a little more with the form – who knows? This one, though, wrote itself when it hit me. :))
  
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  1. Fran Haley says:
    
    March 7, 2020 at 8:41 am
    
    Those are the best, the ones that write themselves. Inspiration taking over the pen …or the keyboard …