Winner, 2017 Literal Latte Short Short Contest.
Sandi liked math. When her grandmother suggested that high school might be easier if she’d lose a little weight, Sandi began counting calories. She worked out that she could have an ice cream soda if she skipped breakfast and lunch….
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- On "My Own Personal Mr. Crabtree": My family lived in Clyst St Mary from about 1961 and my brother and I regularly fished the Bishops Court lake in the early to... – Geoff Arnold
Jan 28 - On "Living Remains": Usually I quit reading in the middle of a story. I couldn't lift my eyes from the screen until I read the last word on... – hoolahoopp
Jan 27 - On "The Enormous Typewriter": Wow. This is very good. I hear Pirsig struggling with Phaedrus. Props. – oldironnow
Jan 19 - On "Wild Horses": I love your first sentence. Having worked in hospitals for years it is very refreshing to imagine the flu as a passenger; real tangible alive. – Avigail Halberg
Jan 14 - On "Love Trouble": great story... funny and weirdly erotic... – kathleen seltzer
Dec 11 - On "My Own Personal Mr. Crabtree": I forgot to add, many thanks for a brilliant read. – Chris
Dec 08 - On "My Own Personal Mr. Crabtree": I've lived in Clyst St Mary for nearly 40 years. The pond is still there, though it looks very overgrown. I've always wanted to try... – Chris
Dec 08 - On "The Mysterious Crotch-Grabbing Handshake: Hard Lessons in Vietnam": I laughed very hard at this post. I am vietnamese and it is a cultural thing. Its not sexual and is only done to the... – Don
Dec 06 - On "C'mon Pigs of Western Civilization
Eat More Grease.": i'm really about to fail this whole IOC thing – A Student
Dec 05
- On "My Own Personal Mr. Crabtree": My family lived in Clyst St Mary from about 1961 and my brother and I regularly fished the Bishops Court lake in the early to... – Geoff Arnold