How Things Were

by Doug Mathewson
56 words

Family called us difficult children. School and the neighbors called us worse.

"Your mother's nerves can’t take it," Dad would angrily yell.
Late at night, I would squirt lighter fluid on our boots, my sister would strike the match, and we would run screaming through the house.

Stunts like these just made our folks nuts.

Doug Mathewson writes very short fiction that occasionally finds itself being essay or poetry. He is current project is "True Stories From Imaginary Lives." He has been published most recently by PenPricks Micro-fiction, Creative Soup,and Tuesday Shorts. His poetry will appear in the March issue of eMuse-zine.

More of his work is available at his own blog, www.little2say.org

Copyright © 2008 Doug Mathewson