Tag: short story humor

Broken Mirror

Sorry about the mess…  But, do me a favor and try not to track bloody footprints all over my recently cleaned carpets – as they are hellishly expensive to clean.  Since I only got a few moments of life in me before I bleed out – I’d better cut to the chase and tell how…

By Charles R. Bucklin October 4, 2021 Off

Sold!!

Poverty drove me to take the job. I had no experience in sales but, I figured anything was better than what I had been doing which was starve. So after twelve years of trying to make a living as a “male masseuse” – I finally threw in the towel and quit my job at a…

By Charles R. Bucklin August 16, 2021 Off

Jimmy’s Place

My friend Charlie from Acting School crashes on my couch exhausted. He smells like tortilla chips, cigarettes, sweat, and tequila.  He sleeps over when he works at one of his restaurant jobs late in the evening, usually on weekends. I sleep in the back of my railroad apartment in my bed and Charlie sleeps on…

By Charles R. Bucklin June 21, 2021 Off

Hot Lunch

“You must be hungry,” said the Old Man one miserably humid day at the Country Club golf course. “Yeah, I sure am,” I replied. “How about a hot dog?” “That would be great, Dad!” He could have offered me dog excrement on a saltine cracker and I would have probably eaten it. I was so…

By Charles R. Bucklin May 17, 2021 Off