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Day 16 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes rough draft picture: As told by Jake Johnstone: ” He was told coffee was too much for him. Lewis Lidner. Age 85; the doctors say an unusual level of iron in his blood was found. Diamonds that Lewis found the next day in a small brown paper bag. Diamonds so pure but… Lewis wasContinue reading “Day 16 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories”

Day 15 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes rough draft pictures: As told by Jake Johnstone: As told in rhyming poetic form by a mythical creature: … “Oh… that salivating feeling…like drinking too much coffee before vomitting-projectile-like out of the mouth…Oh, I so do not understand this feeling… It occurs every day now like a nagging ghost-town church bell except iron desert-dryContinue reading “Day 15 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories”

Day 12 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes rough draft picture: As told in “F” rhyming poetic form by Jake Johnstone in alien head rough draft above… “For the skies. Feral one adrenalized…”Why?”…Foreign to humans…Foreign to want them…Fragile and fractured…Fred Fantastic???…Frumpish impetuously…???…Frumpish impetuous…”

Day 11 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes rough draft picture: As told by Jake Johnstone: “On the day of the rain…The pain of not knowing…The inane anamoly…taking over my being…staring…inside me…This reality is not something to foresee…To be…To just…be…feels…like…a…lie…right now…”

Day 8 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes rough draft picture: From the mind of the robot that wouldn’t stop losing his oil…(urine)[As told by Jake Johnstone:] ” Gone through the times. Gone through the rhymes. No one knew… except for Drew. A tale of a pissing one. A tale for long. Worn for long. Strong Armour. Dealt with aliens…but, he’s aContinue reading “Day 8 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories”

Day 7 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes Rough Draft picture: As told by Jake Johnstone: “A torn lament. A broken block of granite. This story is about a nervous one filled with extreme amounts of anxiety…Scary Steve Panther Annoying…”True Story”…A dot in on the map within the radar of life … A drone stuck…i83 neutral fatigue… Not even the United StatesContinue reading “Day 7 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories”

Day 6 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes rough draft picture: As told in rhyming form by Jake Johnstone: ” Bart did not know he existed. Bart did not know he was gifted. Not in the normal sense. These actions were his penance. 1984 he happened to fall onto… the wrong floor. The door from his actions was relenting… Although he knewContinue reading “Day 6 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories”

Day 5 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories

Includes Rough Draft picture As told in rhyming form by Jake Johnstone: ” Not a day goes by that Franklin doesn’t have a hankering for something. Apple for a bugle. Cinnamon for a dog. Everything for a Fortmeyer. Glad for a hot plate. Inescapable jumps for the pumps at the local fitness center. Kicks forContinue reading “Day 5 of 28 Days of Short and Micro-Stories”

Day 3 of 28 days of Short Stories (and micro short stories)

As told by Jake Johnstone: [includes a rough-draft picture] I never knew real organic feelings. “A kick to tubby! A punch to paletee!!”……As I look upon the Stoney gravel black pavement I walk on with beat-up reeboks, a pale-white-tee shirt, and black sweatpants; the rainy blizzard of hail snow pours down from the sky. AContinue reading “Day 3 of 28 days of Short Stories (and micro short stories)”