A Visit to Life
Bishop, Conrad A melange of micro-fictions, from one to four pages each. Bonsai stories. Haiku novels. Flash epics.
A fledgling Boy Scout is jammed in mud. A woman, two strikes down, opens the door to new love. A stairway goes up and up and up. Howdy Doody is roasted on a griddle. An elderly couple becomes famous, for no reason whatsoever. A small child boards a toy train. A man tries desperately to get to sleep, another, on the way to an urgent appointmen...