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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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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…’ – Next Contestant (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-fifth installment is called “Next Contestant.”  It’s a short-short story about a woman who goes after the perfect guy when she overhears him letting another woman go.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-fourth installment is called “Exhausted.”  It’s a short-short story about a young widow doing her best to live with the fears, real and maybe imagined, of living alone.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

July 16, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-third installment is called “The Ripple Effect.”  It’s a short-short story about an unassuming young man with a special gift for understanding and playing relationships. 

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

July 9, 2023July 9, 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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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

July 2, 2023July 5, 2023 Les Cohen

This thirty-first installment is called “Lot Boy.”  It’s a short-short story about a young man who works at a used car lot, hitting on a young woman and getting it just right. 

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

June 25, 2023June 25, 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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Except for a Few Details Literature 

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

June 18, 2023 Les Cohen

This twenty-nineth installment is called “Silent Partners.”  It’s a short-short story about how older couples communicate with each other.  If you like what you read and would like to see previously published short-short stories, just click on the title link, “Except for a few details…”

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