Seth Miller's published ficlets
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Unlisted Number
“I’m so sorry, you’ll have to speak up,” she said unapologetically. The weight of Edgar on her hip digging in to her patience…
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Mellow Yellow
“Are there any other kinds of mallow besides marsh,” he asked between bites of his PBJ?
Sabrina just chuckled. He’d gotten a…
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Hooked on Phonics
“Peter and Paul had a propensity for playing in a prodigious pile of corpulent porpoises.”
The sentence popped around the co…
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Clyde Corrigan
April Joyce was compelling.
She compelled him to act.
No matter how irrationally.
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She And Him
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The End
“C’mon! It’ll only take a second,” she said. “Besides, we’ve been meaning to have our picture made together.”
“Taken,” I cor…
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Christmas At Ground Zero
“You’ll always be,” he stammered, pushing eyeglasses to forehead glasses, mopping up his sloppy tears. Chestnuts roasting on …
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Unnecessary Accessory, Part II
“This is the new reality,” he said to no one in particular.
“History will not judge you kindly,” I said.
He paused, only to…
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Unnecessary Accessory
“I thought you’d be taller,” was as clever as I could muster.
“Siddown,” he clipped, never taking his eyes off mine.
I low…
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Shelter
“Pisz-ghetti,” she smilingly sputtered through tomato teeth.
“Spaghetti,” I softly replied, curling the corners of my mouth …
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Bed-ridden
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Expletive Deleted
“Expletive Deleted!”
“Redacted!”
“Chevy Chase! Wait! No! That was Gerry Ford”
The buzzer sounded, sighs sighed and shoulde…
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No More Friday Nights
Dry mouth is a misnomer after you’ve had your last swig of beer. Skunk mouth too base; Slack-jawed: your face.
No holds are …
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