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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ The Elevator Trilogy (Short-Short Stories To Clear Your Head)

January 14, 2024January 14, 2024 Les Cohen

I’m busy working on a new book and still looking for an agent to rep other books I’ve written for upper elementary and middle school readers.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – Imaginary Mary (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head. This one’s PG-13 rated.)

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 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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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…’ – “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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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

October 8, 2023 Les Cohen

This forty-fifth installment is called “Craig’s Lisp.”  A short-short story about four interns and the head of their company who gives them a second chance they probably don’t deserve.

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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…’ – 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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