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Monday Microfiction: "Nothing"
- Jennifer Peaslee
- Mar 30
- 1 min read
This week's microfiction is an 80-word story about nothing.
Nothing
A man and a woman sit in darkness at the kitchen table. They trade hoarse whispers back and forth—can’t wake the kids.
The woman looks at her man. “I can’t tell you how sorry I am. I know I hurt you. What can I do?” She is earnest, eyes filled with sorrow.
He is silent for a minute, looking at the ceiling to avoid her eye.
“Nothing.” He looks, but he looks past her. “There’s nothing you can do.”
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