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To Cut a Short Story Short

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Touché

Posted on March 5, 2018July 23, 2023 by Simon J. Wood

(700 words) Stanislav Kowalski replaced the cigarette between his lips, inhaling the smoke deeply. He held it in his lungs as long as he could, until dizzy from the nicotine, then exhaled slowly with pursed lips, forming smoke rings in the warm still air of the May evening. He didn’t know why he smoked, he … Continue reading Touché →

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