Little arguments: stories,

, flash fictions from a work-in-progress,

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St. Augustine, Florida. I washed the floors there, the whole Spanish Quarter. I saw my reflection in Tiffany glass. I was no longer distorted.

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Scientists announce that they have discovered potential life on Venus, an idea that scientist and author Carl Sagan predicted back in 1967. It is getting very lonely here, during pandemic. All the lights in the night sky, diminished. This whole time, has Mars been, as they say, a red herring?

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I don’t understand why IKEA refuses to explain why they won’t ship to certain areas. Apparently we’re meant to piece it together ourselves.