Category: Six Sentence Stories
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The Hole in My Chest: A Six Sentence Story
Back in early January of 2023, I had my gallbladder removed; it was done via a laparoscopy: the surgical team made four incisions in my belly: one for a camera (the laparoscope), one for a tube to fill my gut with gas to open the surgical field, and two other…
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Perfect Rice: A Six Sentence Story
I love our rice cooker; it makes perfect rice every time, but my wife says it is a hassle to clean, but that doesn’t make any sense; she means it is a hassle to store and haul out when needed again, but clean-up is easier than scrubbing a saucepan—especially when…
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I’ll Stick With Land: A Six Sentence Story
I was about two hundred feet underwater when I felt I had to force oxygen into my lungs, and I didn’t think I could hold my breath as I swam fast, but not too fast to the surface so I wouldn’t suffer what divers call “the bends”–decompression sickness. It was…
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The Dipmobile Rides Again
Back in college, my dad, tired of having to repair my sporty, candy-green Volkswagen Sirocco lemon, turned it in for a shit-brown two-door Plymouth box on wheels. The car looked like my mom’s Dodge Dart, a car she was embarrassed to be seen driving, but her car looked like a…
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Six Sentence Story: Inside the Tunnel
Jack laid on the table as two techs applied straps across his chest and his left arm holding it stationary. Ever since he was a teenager, he had had MRIs done every five years or so because he had a seizure disorder, but they were always for his brain. This…
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