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    Short Shorts
    Short Shorts
    Short Shorts
    Ebook26 pages17 minutes

    Short Shorts

    By Sarah Holroyd

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    About this ebook

    Five flash fiction stories:
    Dark Chocolate Dreams - Stacy has a soft spot for dark chocolate. A cautionary tale of overindulgence.
    Baby John - A lonely old woman tells her life story.
    The Hanging Tree - A tree shares its life story.
    Happy Birthday to Me - A child's birthday becomes a frightening part of history.
    Unwelcome Guest - Death pays a visit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSarah Holroyd
    Release dateNov 13, 2017
    ISBN9781370343331
    Short Shorts
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    Sarah Holroyd

    Sleeping Cat Books is owned by Sarah Holroyd. Sarah graduated from Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Anthropology (archaeology). She has a background in technical writing and editing in the telecommunications, software, financial services, and insurance industries, along with project management experience. Sarah has been working as a freelance copy editor since 2006, with both individual authors of fiction and nonfiction, and with publishers of fiction. Due to her technical background, she is an adept mechanical and copy editor (grammar, punctuation, page layout, etc.). Sleeping Cat Books also offers interior book design and formatting, using Adobe InDesign, and ebook formatting and conversion. Please see the Services pages for more information about how we can help you with your project.

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      Short Shorts - Sarah Holroyd

      Short Shorts

      Five flash fiction stories

      Sarah E. Holroyd

      © 2017 Sarah E. Holroyd

      All rights reserved.

      http://sarah-holroyd.com

      Table of Contents

      Dark Chocolate Dreams

      Baby John

      The Hanging Tree

      Happy Birthday to Me

      Unwelcome Guest

      Dark Chocolate Dreams

      Stacy let the empty heart-shaped box slide from her slack hand to land with a dull thud on the ugly beige carpet.

      I can’t believe I ate the whole thing! she thought. I feel sick.

      She’d bought the box of all-dark chocolates for herself, as she did every year. Just because she didn’t have a boyfriend didn’t mean she couldn’t enjoy Valentine’s candy as much as the next girl.

      With an effort, she pulled herself upright on the sofa, and then struggled to her feet as a wave of nausea struck her.

      Ugh! I need to sleep this off.

      She set off down the hallway toward her apartment’s single bedroom, rebounding between the walls like an over-inflated helium balloon.

      I probably look like a float from the Macy’s parade, she thought caustically to herself.

      When she reached her sparsely furnished room, she struggled out of her stained, worn sweatpants and oversized flannel shirt, letting them drop to the floor to add to the accumulated debris already burying the carpeting. Groaning, she pulled back the sheet and ratty quilt and crawled into her twin-sized bed like an overstuffed caterpillar curling into its

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