Read My Shorts

Read My Shorts

Got a minute? Well...maybe three or four? Then step up and let me tell you a story that puts the FLASH in flash fiction. In today’s hurry-up world, we’re all frazzled by our jobs, families, and those dang domestic responsibilities. So who’s got time for something like a story? Right? Just give me those three or four minutes. I’ll prune away the flowery adjectives. Kill the adverbs and cut the story down to its roots. Then lay out a smack-in-the-forehead finish. Not EXACTLY an ambush, but about as close as I can come without losing my literary license.

Episodes

August 14, 2025 7 mins

"War...whatever is it good for? Absolutely nuthin'." An iconic line from a great song. They resonate in today's episode...."absolutely nuthin'."

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He was...well...challenged. That morning he reached out for a little help when he needed it most.

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July 31, 2025 5 mins

He loved the great outdoors. And more than anything about it...fishing. So many lakes...so many fish. Until there wasn't.

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July 24, 2025 6 mins

What's this? Make it up as they go? Improvise? How...how will that ever work??

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July 17, 2025 6 mins

Seven deadly sins. One stands out. And it plagued them everywhere they went.

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July 10, 2025 6 mins

After they went through hell together, it was only fitting that they'd make such a solemn oath to celebrate their survival.

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July 3, 2025 6 mins

Some relationships are meant to be. Enduring the test of time. Well...until...

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June 26, 2025 6 mins

He could kill a squirrel at 100 yards. What else might lie in his sights?

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June 19, 2025 6 mins

Such a sweet song. Evocative of by-gone days. Dreams slowly slipping away. Or...were they?

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June 12, 2025 7 mins

Listen closely and "see what you hear." (Right there was one.) Oxymorons. Email me at williamrausch25@yahoo.com with your "exact estimate." I'll send you list of "almost all" of them.

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June 5, 2025 6 mins

Five bucks? Just five bucks to get and see all of these? Rows and rows of 'em. Such a deal.

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May 29, 2025 6 mins

Love to camp in the woods? Well...this'll kill your passion.

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May 22, 2025 6 mins

Defy death? Cheat the Grim Reaper? Easy-peasy. Well...until...

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May 15, 2025 6 mins

Feelin' lucky? Well, as it always says on the envelope, "You might be a winner." He sure was.

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May 8, 2025 6 mins

We all proudly said this when we were children, "When I grow up, I wanna be just like Mom." And some of us did!

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May 1, 2025 6 mins

It was more than just hero-worship. It was a passion. A career. One day he'd be one. A t.v. rassler.

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April 23, 2025 5 mins

Oh...the horror. Never forget.

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April 17, 2025 6 mins

Soft Italian music. Dim candle light. Lady-and-the -Tramp ambience. Two lovers and their table for two.

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April 10, 2025 5 mins

What would you do if you were confronted by such a catastrophic challenge. Ya got guts?

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April 3, 2025 6 mins

What's a guy to do? An only brother with two sisters. Well...they figured it out. Somehow.

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