Reading Short Stories Gifts

"I'm sorry, Dave. You lost me after the first 140 words."

Edgar Allen Poe

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

Paul Bunyan gets the leg-lengthening Operation

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

'Where do you see yourself in five minutes?'

"Can you hurry up with that will? I don't have all day."

Is it a book? A film? A TV show? How do you mime a podcast?

"He'd make a wonderful main character for a short story, but I wouldn't put up with him for an entire novel."

'I've discovered you have feet of clay.'

'Thanks to the internet, I can telecommute a few days a week now: I don't need to waste so much time travelling...'

'This history paper is about an event that happened a long time ago, but in the great scheme of things isn't all that important, making this report very short. The end.'

"Waaaahhh! I've oiled myself!"

"It was very generous of you, by the way."

Nikolai Gogol

"I suggest you get more iron in your system and get the lead out."

Hamlet.

Vampire Family Photos...

Clarence always halved lots of cargo.

'Tarzan'

Little Miss Muffet Does Lunch

Lover

"That door's no protection against Hobgoblins." - Elf And Safety Inspector

"He was going to buy. Why'd you tell him it was made with real gingerbread?"

Anton Chekhov

"In my spare time, I write reviews on Goodreads."

'All that smoking has stunted your growth.'

"Yep, that's it - seven pages, I only write what I know."

Tall tales, short stories

What a success story! It says this guy was in prison and now owns a corporation! Ah, he went from pen to inc.

Machado de Assis

"Do you have any get well cards for characters on soap operas?"

Queequeg: Master Harpoonist and Social Director, USS Pequod.

Having finished writing his latest 400-page novel, Anton Chekhov divides it into 32 short stories,

As the Dryer Spins