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Flash Fiction
by Tony Covatta
A Final Glance, a Gentle Touch
You Hurt Me That Once
What Are She/He/They Feeling?
Christmas Memories, the Greatest Gift
Be Careful What You Ask For
Raising the Living, Raising the Dead
Two Sisters, One Brother
Surprise Side Trip in Dorset
To Thine Own Self Be True
Too Much, Too Soon
The Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Warming Her Still Beating Heart
Just One Look Was All It Took
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
On Seeing Past the Nose on One's Face
Man's Best Friend but Who Is Dog's
Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice
If You Only Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade
The Christmas Babe, Parents Away from the Manger
I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee
All the Time in the World
Nothing Can Be Done
The Intensive Care Unit
The Long and Winding Road
Eggs Well Peppered
Try to Pay Attention
Working Things Out
More Than Average
The Heart, a Lonely Hunter
Officer Candidate School
Which Side Are You On?
The More Things Change
Learning the Lessons of History
A Tale of Two Funerals
Living, Learning, Loving
Formative Moments Down on the Farm
Something I Learned at College
What He Didn't Say
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alex
Flash Written in a City Graveyard
Piece on Earth
Irritating or Irritable
Night Train
Affirmative Action
Divine Economy
The Revenge Is His
The Rules of Law
An Affectionate Farewell
Their First Christmas
Roxane Farewell
The Good and The Dead
The Deer Hunter
Intractable or on Track
Under the Dome
Still the One
Chrity Begins at Home
The Shock of Golden Curls
Dog's Best Friend
The Birdman of the Ohio Pen
Disorder and Constant Sorrow
Disorder and Constant Sorrow
Is The Hole Really Black
The Power of Prayer
Hospice for Mom
Little League
Higher Education
The Chimes at Midnight
The Little Things
Nine for the Dock
The Wind Shifted
The Cholula Dialogues
The Lucky Buck
Fess Up
The Ambulance Truck
Cleansing the Temple
Sherman's Hermits
The Yahrzeit Candle
The Grieving Process
Grounds, but not for Divorce
Into the Wild
Reparations
At the Races
Acceptance
The Festschrift
Visions
The Condolences
Carekeeper
No Reservations
The Ribbon
Psycho Therapy
Last Call
Haunting House
Particular Attention
It Wasn't the Money
A Family's Value
Words of Love
Crassula Ovata
Foreseeing the Future
A Celebrity Encounter
In the Midnight Hour
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