Impressive. You do a lot with little space. Well done. As a man this story is of course incredibly relatable. Meeting a woman, having a chance encounter, some brief dialogue, something pulling you apart, that constant wondering: Does she find me attractive? Does she like me? Is she flirting? Am I totally crazy? And then the finalizing goodbye, and done.
Those kinds of little interactions are just so common that it's inevitable they make their way into our fiction. I tried to give this one an air of mystery. Is he going to do something crazy/ creepy?
Oh God, Jimmy, that last line got me. I’m sitting here in the OR (as the nurse, not the patient lol) and I’m almost in tears.
Bravo!
Reality can change in a walk, yes, he is lonely and created a new cosmos.
Thanks Douglas Holmes
Kurt got a glimmer. Sometimes that little piece of sparkly sand is all you need to make a pearl in your mind.
I had a girl do that to me once.
And then tried to get me fired.
Fortunately, HR was up to the task (I wasn't her first).
Great ending, Jimmy!
Someone lied about being your girlfriend?
I had a good friend in HR who tipped me off regarding the investigation as it was all news to me!
Makes me cringe when I read about innocent men doing years in jail for a crime they didn't even know about until after their arrest.
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Impressive. You do a lot with little space. Well done. As a man this story is of course incredibly relatable. Meeting a woman, having a chance encounter, some brief dialogue, something pulling you apart, that constant wondering: Does she find me attractive? Does she like me? Is she flirting? Am I totally crazy? And then the finalizing goodbye, and done.
I wrote an edgy story about male/female dynamics with a strong dash of class consciousness: https://michaelmohr.substack.com/p/youth-a-short-story
Michael Mohr
‘Sincere American Writing’
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/
Those kinds of little interactions are just so common that it's inevitable they make their way into our fiction. I tried to give this one an air of mystery. Is he going to do something crazy/ creepy?