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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-fourth installment is called “Stranger On The Bus.”  It’s a short-short story about the last conversation between an elderly woman and her husband and the very special relationship that has sustained them all these years.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

September 24, 2023October 1, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-third installment is called “Shiny Things.”  It’s a short-short story about the persistence and wonder of love regardless of where you are in your life. 

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-second installment is called “Cleavage.”  It’s a short-short story about a workplace distraction and about the coworkers and family doing their best to fix it without hurting anyone’s feelings. 

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-first installment is called “The Hangover.”  It’s a short-short story about drinking too much and the consequences of eating the worm in a very special bottle of Tequila. 

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – I, Your Son (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

September 3, 2023 Les Cohen

This fortieth installment is called “I, Your Son.”  It’s a short-short story about the future of artificial intelligence – and love between humanoids, real and…  whatever.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

August 27, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-ninth installment is called “First Date.”  It’s a short-short story about love happening when you weren’t expecting it, on a crowded city sidewalk, on your way to work.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

August 20, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-eighth installment is called “Unfaithful.”  It’s a short-short story about a couple that hasn’t been dating for all that long struggling to understand the ground rules of their commitment to each other.

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Excerpts Literature 

Freedom’s Ghost

August 14, 2023August 15, 2023 Eliot Pattison

The Baltimore Post-Examiner is pleased to introduce an excerpt from Eliot Pattison’s latest book Freedom’s Ghost, to be published by

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

August 13, 2023August 14, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-seventh installment is called “Road Trip.”  It’s a short-short story about a long-married couple leaving to go on a road trip, talking to each other the way only the best of friends know how to do. 

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023 Les Cohen

Hey.  The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short

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