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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – The Proposal (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-fifth installment is called “The Proposal.”  It’s a short-short story about two people, a businessman and a waitress, very attracted to each other, but who don’t even know each other’s names.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – The Ladies Room (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

December 10, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-fourth installment is called “The Ladies Room.”  It’s a short-short story about a man who inherits the company his grandfather founded and raised him to takeover, but there’s an unexpected catch.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – “Gesundheit!” (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

December 3, 2023December 10, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-third installment is called “‘Gesundheit!’.”  It’s a short-short story about a girl and a boy, living in adjacent apartments in a six-story walkup, getting up the nerve to go on a first date.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – Imperfect Together (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-second installment is called “Imperfect Together.”  It’s a short-short story about a young couple wondering about what they have in common and the future of their relationship.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – The Desk (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-first installment is called “The Desk.”  It’s a short-short story about a young man just starting his career as a writer who, with his partner, buys a very special antique desk for their apartment.  

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – Schmutz Patrol (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

November 12, 2023November 19, 2023 Les Cohen

This fiftieth installment is called “Schmutz Patrol.”  It’s a short-short story about a very special cleaning service that does a whole lot more than mop and dust for its clients.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details… – The Badger (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-ninth installment is called “The Badger.”  It’s a short-short story about a man and woman trapped in an unhappy marriage – until the husband is pursued by someone disguised as a beaver.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – “Pretense” (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-eighth installment is called “Pretense.”  It’s a short-short story about a woman and a man who met and fell in love thinking they were different people than they really were.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – “Hello?” (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

October 22, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-sixth installment is called “Hello?”  It’s a short-short story about roommates, one of them who dates a lot, the other not so much, and how the less obvious of the two becomes interested in a young man who calls for her friend.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – The Dishes Fairy (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

October 15, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-sixth installment is called “The Dishes Fairy.”  It’s a short-short story about a writer of science fiction fantasy who’s passed away, the wife who survives him and the life they had together. 

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