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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…’ – 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…’ – 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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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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