Archive of articles classified as' "Heartbreak"

Bare fingered; left hand clutching ring.

1/22/2009
—Melissa
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Cry river. Build bridge. Jump off.

1/18/2009
—Brad Milison
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Found the bouquet in the garbage.

1/14/2009
—Yehuda Berlinger
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Saigon Hotel. Decades later. He weeps.

1/13/2009
—Robert Olen Butler
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“You? Her? No dice, fat boy.”

1/8/2009
—Pinckney Benedict
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Longed for him. Got him. Shit.

12/30/2008
—Margaret Atwood
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Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.

12/29/2008
—David Brin
Source - 7 Comments

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

12/28/2008
—Ernest Hemingway

The original short short story and the inspiration for this website. In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues bet him that he couldn’t write a complete story in just six words. They paid up. Hemingway is said to have considered it his best work.

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