Heygabe's published ficlets
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The Seventeen Forms of The Folded Paper Swan
There were 17 possible ways to fold a paper swan, and Bob knew fourteen of them. He knew that at least two were purely theore…
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Why Baby Hangs her Rattle on the Broom
It is our responsibility, although we don’t talk about it, to protect the older ones from the evils they’ve forgotten.
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Real World: Princesses
“But if we’re all princesses, so why wouldn’t we all be Christan?” Ariel sniffed, tears welling in her eyes. “I don’t underst…
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No Batteries For Muticore
“It doesn’t need new batteries; it’s just broken,” Pam Frye told the two-year-old pulling on the knee of her jeans. The two-y…
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All spikes and no leash
“Your son has terrified my dog for the last time!” Amanda Reeves trembled as she shouted across the fence line.
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Ill timed cabbage
Kevin Adderly was not going to give up on his punchline.
He’d invested too much to get to this point. He was so near the pay-... -
Free flow thoughts on Stickers
Take the sticker off the sheet. Press it down. Repeat. Fill the sheet. Get another. Make a choice. Pick another. Start again….
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It's always about the eyepatch.
Never before had Paul seen a lady laugh that way. She had a jolly shake and her skin rolled and jiggled with each staccato bu…