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Othello Jones    by Charles Harvey
Price: $0.99 USD. 2500 words. Published on September 25, 2011. .

A short short. Formerly titled The Handshake... Ex-student and teacher meet by chance in a shopping mall. Things start off bad when the student refuses to give the teacher a hug. Inspired by Edward Albee's Zoo Story, the pupil's words are more potent than fists. He jabs and punches until his words drive the teacher to the brink of murdering him. The conversation is poetic, raw, and brittle.
Foreignright 4.5.1    by Eric Cline
Price: Free! 1070 words. Published on February 4, 2012. .

In the future, "firemen" don't put out fires. Instead . . . hey, this sounds familiar! Eric Cline, a writer who has been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and other places, delivers a loving flash fiction tribute to a classic work, updated for modern times.
Short and Stupid: Ten Somewhat Dark Short Stories for a Rainy Day    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 5810 words. Published on June 5, 2012. .

Now with four bonus stories! Is man by nature evil, or stupid, or both? These ten short-short stories (plus four bonus stories) let you decide. Great short reading for travel, leisure, or any occasion where you need to conscipuously ignore the person next to you. Short-short stories, humor, around 5500 words.