Archive of articles classified as' "Sad"

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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With bloody hands, I say good-bye.

1/10/2009
—Frank Miller
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Megan’s baby: John’s surname, Jim’s eyes.

1/9/2009
—Simon Armitage
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Aging skier goes downhill. Literally, figuratively.

1/7/2009
—Pete Anderson
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He woke. Sighed. Drank. Drove. Killed.

12/31/2008
—Yehuda Berlinger
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Juicy offer. Must decline. Still paralyzed.

12/30/2008
—Richard Ford
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“Samaritans.” “I’m listening.” “Hello?” “Hel…” “Samaritans…”

12/30/2008
—Michel Faber

(Samaritans is a charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.)

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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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