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A Mouse In The House

"For Paul and John's 47-Words Short Story Unofficial Challenge."

By Denise E LindquistPublished about 5 hours ago 1 min read
A Mouse In The House
Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash

Walking into the kitchen one morning, I could smell something burning. There was a mouse whose tail was caught in the burner. I hollered for my husband. He arrived, took the mouse out of the fire, hit it on the head with a hammer. Damn you, Paul.

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MicrofictionShort StoryStream of Consciousness

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Denise E Lindquist

I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.

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  • Mother Combsabout 3 hours ago

    This is good. Especially love how you added in the last two lines ;)

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