Reading Short Stories Mugs

"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."

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

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

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

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

'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.'

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

Nikolai Gogol

"Waaaahhh! I've oiled myself!"

Vampire Family Photos...

Lover

Clarence always halved lots of cargo.

'Tarzan'

Little Miss Muffet Does Lunch

Hamlet.

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

Anton Chekhov

'All that smoking has stunted your growth.'

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

Tall tales, short stories

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

Machado de Assis

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

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

Queequeg: Master Harpoonist and Social Director, USS Pequod.

As the Dryer Spins

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