Kürzestgeschichte: Als Mitglieder der Bewegung DIE WOKEN auf die Idee kamen, alle absurden Vorwürfe von Rechten ihnen gegenüber eins zu eins zu ihrem Programm zu machen, wurde es richtig wild. Gewalt war ja nie ihr Ding gewesen, aber irgendwann reichte es halt auch mal. Nachdem die Superreichen der Erde mitsamt ihren Lobbyist*innen auf den Mars verbannt worden waren, hatten nicht ganz überraschenderweise auch sämtliche Autokraten und eine hohe Zahl mutmaßlicher Sexualstraftäter mit an Bord der sich eine Stunde nach der Landung selbst zerstörenden Marsfähre Stille Treppe gehen müssen. Der CO2-Ausstoß auf der Erde sank schlagartig, proportional zum Steigen der Laune der verbliebenen Bevölkerung. Es begann eine Zeit, in der sogar Frauen mal lächelten. – Christiane Frohmann

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"I once dined with Hemingway at a café in Paris," she said. "Sure," I thought. After her death, I found a photo. Signed: "With love, Papa."

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Third Grade Art Project Aren’t we all works of art in progress?

"...She is delighted splashes of paint, sad blues, yellow horizons, scraps of cloth stuck on with sequins..."
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The dog days are over A tiny tale about British autumn

From a distance the huge line of orange laying in the gutters was reminiscent of the cheese dust you'd expect to find at the bottom of your Wotsits bag.

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She heard of a girl who kissed a frog and got everything she desired when he turned into a prince. When she tried it, all she got was warts.

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He finds his passion in a pair of hand-me-down Nike cleats. Coach keeps him benched. His stubbornness unmatched, he keeps showing up anyway.

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Ma was so law abiding, she never even broke the speed limit. After she died, Pa showed us posters of Ma in her youth, wanted in all states.

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"How can you afford a castle?"
"I won a lawsuit. Claimed that I was born this way due to radioactive waste in the water," the cyclops grins.

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Her husband's openly pawing a much younger woman. She sees me looking. "We have an understanding," she says, caressing her big diamond ring.

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Miss Manners lives up to her reputation. All of her suitors propose. But she only says yes to the one who asks: "Will you marry me, please?"

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"Jim and I had no secrets," I tell my mother-in-law after his funeral. The doorbell chimes. The girl standing on the threshold has his eyes.

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She looks at all the invitations and weeps. "I can't go through this rigmarole!"
"Then we'll elope," he says, swallowing his disappointment.

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They warn us that she'll be able to see us. That she lacks remorse. But later, as she's strapped to the gurney, she begs us for forgiveness.

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It’s the missing cat! I fantasise about spending the reward. But before I can say: “Here, kitty”, a Pomeranian in hot pursuit ruins my plan.

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A copse of aspen trees surrounds the cemetery. Even when it is windless, their leaves quake, whispering messages from our ancestral spirits.

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Inclusion in class will make us evil, the new rulers say. Through our burqas, we steal longing looks at the schools we can no longer attend.

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Shallow grinding echoes up the valley, fear grips the village - There's nowhere left to go.

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"What's your expertise?" the interviewer asks.
"Endings."
"Why do you want to be a telemarketer?"
"I'm stuck in a dead-end job," Death says.

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Tension laps the crowd - When the swell recedes, it draws the weak with it.

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"I'm an astronomer," he says.
"Mercury's in retrograde!" she squeals. "How do you write horoscopes?"
"It's not rocket science," he deadpans.

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For once she is completely alone.
She folds her clothes neatly and leaves them at the base of the dune then, watched only by the stars, she slips naked into the dark water and swims steadily away from the shore.
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She plays hard to get, making me ravenous for her. Certain that l'll soon receive her winning smile, I mortgage my home to chase Lady Luck.

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The ability to hear was lost many generations ago. Myths prevailed about an ability once firmly within humanities grasp, long forgotten.

Then, they came - We stood no chance.

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They called me a coward, until I dove headfirst off the cliff. Now I'm being hailed as a miracle as I swim for gold at the Paralympic Games.

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The rumbling, radiant comfort protects from the constant, slow sapping of cold.

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"You'll turn into a raisin!" I'm submerged in the bathtub, so Mom sounds muffled. My limbs are fins that'll propel me across oceans one day.

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Rain hit the pavement like typewriter keys. Smoke curled under a flickering streetlamp. Somewhere, a saxophone cried.

The #Eraser showed up to the scene.

"You needs me to rub someone—or something—out?"

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