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I Will Not Eat Cookies – By Amy Corbin

Published By Amy Corbin • Mar 24th, 2010 • Category: Flash Fiction

 
Recently, I gave all my size 4 clothing to Goodwill. This was very hard to do. I’d been holding on to those things for 10 years. I told myself I was not giving up on being size 4. It was just that these clothes were no longer in style, and when I got down to [...]



The Best of Plans – By Amy Corbin

Published By Amy Corbin • Nov 29th, 2009 • Category: Short Stories Of The Week

He’d make inappropriate comments about teenage girls. He liked that she was so tiny she shopped in the junior department. She caught him once looking at porn on the internet — young women dressed up like Catholic school girls.
These were the things she knew.
So yes, there were clues; but how could she have known the [...]



Soccer Mom – By Amy Corbin

Published By Amy Corbin • Jul 19th, 2009 • Category: Short Stories Of The Week

I am soccer mom – I am. I’m one of those people you look at and say, “Must be nice.” I have a mini-van, two kids, a nice house, and I take good vacations. I make home-made dinners, get expensive haircuts, and volunteer at the school. I take my children to lots of activities, work [...]



The Connection – By Amy Corbin

Published By Amy Corbin • May 31st, 2009 • Category: Short Stories Of The Week

“You’re so lucky. You have the perfect relationship.”
“Well, nothing is perfect.”
“You know what I mean. You can just tell that you two really just connect.”
I swear if I hear the word “connect” one more time, I think I’m going to scream. Nobody really knows what goes on behind closed doors. Sometimes, little hints come out [...]