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On that still, snowy day, Mick’s neck popped like a flaming log.

She’s innocent, guilty of nothing but the need to be admired.

“Folks need other folks, that’s all I mean. Especially here in the Ohio.”

This is what he must have felt when she told him about her affair.

So long as there was money, the girl felt established, and brutally proud.

El Presidente was no longer in a mood to see the American press.

At straight-up noon, the honeymoon was ruined, one day in.

The Human Comedy: Four new six-word stories by Sherman Alexie.

These six-worders work in a strict three-act structure, like screenplays.

I went for a natural, “I look pretty even when I’m giving birth,” look.

With no words to speak about our love, we’re each one more alone.

I have three girls from my previous marriages, but she beats them all.

Rebecca beheld the sword which was suspended over her people.

Below, the kiss silently maneuvers our bodies closer to the rose bed.

Gurov reflected, “it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make her acquaintance.”

We backed up and I kept ripping it at his face, trying to knock his teeth out.

Living as the last artist in Manhattan: it’s the ultimate test of commitment.

Even if he lost her he would never disparage her, never not love her.

Kids interfere with perfection. Wives interfere. Marriage interferes.

The letter both pleased and disturbed her. Why did he get in touch?

It was up airly and down late with him, and the loom never standin’ still.

He cannot imagine the shape his life would take without her.

The sense of power that flights of temper evoke will betray you.

Our camera pans along the porch, and we see each praying woman.

It was on a mid-June morning that the stranger first called.

A coldness bumped a last kiss upon my cheek, a good-bye kiss sliding across.

This is not deception. This is a subtle way of conditioning.

How shocking it was to discover these real things were not real.

Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you’re in bed with
a relative.