‘You’re pretty and kind,’ he told her, after their first night together, ‘but I don’t love you.’ ‘I won’t see you again?’ she asked. He shook his head. She wept. A month later she called him. ‘I’m pregnant,’ she said. He was silent. She asked him: ‘Will you marry me?’ Related articles In Praise of … Continue reading 50-Word Tales #117
One autumn evening he waited for her under the bridge. He dragged her into some bushes and raped her. After he had finished he got up and pulled up his pants. She laughed hysterically. 'Shut up!' he said. 'Everyone knows you're a whore.' 'AIDS!' she shouted, 'AIDS!' He turned white. Related articles In Praise of … Continue reading 50-Word Tales #116
There are some who hate old books and rip their pages and toss them about and leave them in shadowy corners to the mercy of the moths; and there are those who take good care of old books and read them and pass them on. In other words, there are evil people and good people … Continue reading In Praise of Old Books
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