Two Sentence Stories (Part 11)


There was yet another “help wanted” sign in the butcher’s window. This time it went unanswered, as word spread that they never took deliveries.


He plunged the knife into the blanketed figure on the bed. He realised too late that the recipient was far too soft to be a real body: he already felt a knife stab through his foot from under the bed.


It is so much cheaper to pay out a life insurance policy than to pay for a lifetime disability. For this reason, each bottle of wine was accompanied by a “Get Well Soon!” card had an imperceptible syringe hole through the cork.


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