Dictionary stories: short fictions and other findings

Introduction

A note on the dictionaries.

aggression, passive.

John

You have five new messages

animals.

Fawns

apocalypse, the.

The barrens

Seven sisters

art.

Portrait of the artist as a stubborn old fool

assassination.

Hunter

babysitting.

Ten dollars and hour and whatever you want from the fridge

blasphemy.

Genesis 1

The Lord's Prayer, from memory

budgeting.

Dinah

business.

The cursing of Gregory Hardware

celebrity.

Harry Potter and the once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity in Southern California

cookery.

Recipe

correspondence.

Why I cannot attend your baby shower

Why you are no longer invited to our baby shower

cults.

The last toast

dating.

Date night of the living dead

Exes, an incomplete list

death.

Eulogy

Worst picnic ever

deception.

Curtains

Dutch's last agony

depression.

Customers who bought this item also bought

drugs.

The damndest thing

Diane smoked jive

duty.

The king's escape

Mary and Beth

education.

Sample problems: intermediate matematics for poets

ego.

Bands you probaby haven't heard of

So many people to thank

employment.

Personal assistant

Your humble server

erotica.

Some vast assemblage

escape.

Safe house

Young monarch

exhaustion.

Genesis 1 (reprise).

fame. - 97-over par

Our descent

Sorry, wrong door

family.

Argument over Jupiter

Cousin Madelyn

fantasies.

Barbara

To do

forgetfulness.

July 8

forgiveness.

Confessional

furniture.

Instructions for assembly

games.

Check

How to play

gossip.

A brief conversation between two friends who are also lions

grief.

Early drafts for the five stages of grief

Good grief

My apologies

hallucination.

Cabin fever dream

health.

Breakup side effects

history.

Haunting the docents

horror.

Absolute certainty

Silver birches

What he is

hospice.

Roses

identity.

Noir I

identity, mistaken.

A fistful of feathers

indigestion.

All you can eat

inheritance.

Mother lode

interrogation.

The night in question

William

jealousy.

John and Victor (and Catherine)

Toby

judgment.

The accused

justice.

Another animated description of Mr. Maps

karma.

Apples

Fantasy adolescent

ketamine.

Straight from the horse's mouth

kidnapping.

Corsican coast interrogation.

language.

Very good boy

loneliness.

Your new friend

loss.

Dowpour

Joshua and Nicolai

love.

An extraordinary woman

Maria

Spellcaster

mixology. - Seasonal craft cocktails

money.

Ruth

mountaineering.

Base camp

murder.

Noir II

Shvitz

music. - This mixtape is terrible

This mixtape is worse

nature.

Creatures of the Atlantic Ocean commentary (take 3)

nausea.

Seasick

navigation.

A walk

Directions

nitroglycerin.

Detonator

nostalgia.

I was

obsession.

How easy

Red

occult, the.

Fine, if you will keep asking about it, a complete list of everything inside the locked room on the third floor, which, yes, sometimes leaks an oil-like substance and occasionally sounds like a murder of crows molesting a harpsichord

Holy smoke

optimism.

Apology in C-sharp minor

Chin up

The other hand

order.

The life of Carlos

orinthology.

Robin.

patience.

The greatest story never told

House white

Speed dates

Table for one

pity.

Adrian

pizza

Rachel

prophecy.

Haiku #1

Madame Eva

protest.

And another thing

Undertow

quarantine.

Norman

quietude.

Murmuration

quotation.

Famous last words

recall.

Poor John

The Ten Commandments, from memory

recruitment.

West Adams, 11 p.m.

reenactmen.t

He said

She said

relationships.

Fifty more ways to leave your lover

religion.

Grace

savagery.

Crime scene

Root and branch

sea, the.

Captain

self-doubt.

Fair dismissal

Review are in

self-help.

How to win friends and influence people

siblings.

Visiting hours

sports.

Pep talk - A short British argument

technology.

Keynote

tedium.

Your dream

television.

News at eleven

theater, the.

Hamlet: a book report

Intermission

timing.

Maggie

The usual suspect

ultimatums.

Either/or

unhappiness.

Haiku #2

unknown, the.

Manhole

Onward, seaward - vendettas.

Going to Istanbul

vice.

Attention, passengers

virginity.

Whatever floats your boat.

wanderlust.

Vanishing point

weather.

Rains

widowhood.

Something to be glad about

wine.

Tasting notes

writing.

Researching Lycaon Pictus, or the African wild dog

xenophobia.

This guy

xylophones.

The sting

yearning.

Orlando, FL

youth.

Reveille

Under this roof

yuletide.

My true love gave to me

zen.

Guided meditation

zombies.

Miranda.