The Fool Who Invented Kissing

By Doug Long

An entertaining collection of 96 short-short stories, each one exactly 55 words, by accomplished author and songwriter Doug Long. Twenty-four illustrations by David Botten. Perfect for reading between bus stops or while multi-tasking. Also known as short fiction, nano-fiction, flash fiction, micro-fiction or commuter fiction, these hyper-short "Shorties by Long" cover the gamut of fiction genres: romance, mystery, thriller, adventure, humor, horror, suspense, crime, fantasy, sci-fi, inspirational, and more. Bonus content: a link to Doug's songs, for playing and downloading for free, along with the lyrics and chords. Also included: a link to the signed, limited, collector's edition of "Selected Shorties from The Fool Who Invented Kissing."

• Language: English
• Publisher: FICTIVE PRESS
• Release date: Mar 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9780987917041

Doug Long

Read "The Fool Who Invented Kissing (Shorties by Long)," an entertaining anthology of original, short-short stories by author and songwriter Doug Long. Doug lives on a small West Coast island, in Canada, where he struggles unsuccessfully to be self-sufficient. He is currently working on "Shorties by Long", Volume II. When not writing books or songs, Doug likes to do stand-up comedy at his local pub.

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THE FOOL WHO INVENTED KISSING

Shorties™ by Long

DOUG LONG

Illustrations by David Botten

A FICTIVE PRESS Book – Smashwords Edition

Copyright© 2012 by Doug Long

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover design & illustrations by David Botten

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Long, Doug, 1944-

The fool who invented kissing [electronic resource] :

shorties by Long / by Doug Long ; illustrations by David Botten.

Short stories.

Previous title: Selected shorties from the fool who invented kissing.

Electronic monograph in multiple formats.

ISBN 978-0-9879170-3-4 (EPUB)

I. Botten, David, 1962- II. Title.

PS8623.O532F65 2012 C813'.6 C2012-900684-X

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To my lovely wife, Morri.

Beyond 55, she is still my

Calliope, Erato, Euterpe, and Thalia.

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Table of Contents

Copyright

Dedication

About Shorties

Count 'Em

Hobby Farm

Cub Reporter

Fireworks

Waiting for the Gold

First Time

Serial Killer

The Family Farm

Somebody Call the Cops!

Last Summer at the Lake

Busy Times for the One-Minute Manager

Big Bass Fiddle

Night and Day

Fast Forward

The Cat on the Hat

Eagle Eye

Heaven-Bound Hound

Pride

The Man Who Walked on Water

Hilda

Crash

Mirror, Mirror

Running with Angels

The Locust Eater

Never What You Expect

For Shame

Getting Rich Quick

The Replicator

Letters to God

And the Winner is ...

Hacker

Till Death ...

Adrift

Decisions, Decisions

Auction

Uxorious

Time is Money

Grinlins slur Grimlins

Cool

Seeing Angels

Tip of the Tongue

Lifetime Warranty

Adio

Life on the Line

At the Post!

Two Kinds of People

Murder Most Foul

Golf

Bean Counters

Weeds

Countdown

Do-It-Yourself

For Your Safety

Mom Knows Best

Fleecing the Farm

The Fool Who Invented Kissing

The Joust

Killing Time

Good Vibrations

Quack

Abandoned

Blow Me Away

Body Language

Death by Fashion

Wisdom of a Lifetime

Blink

The Box

Bright Idea

Losing Her

The