Jer Long

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“My Southern Accent” by Jer Long

MY SOUTHERN ACCENT By Jer Long “Get in the car Howard. For God’s sake, get in the car. I’m not discussing our problems in the street.” “Satisfied?” “Shut the door. Shut the door, Howard. Your nosey little friend Franny Funkhouser is making a beeline for the car. Is she tracking your cellphone? Too late, here she is, all five-foot-one inch of her, sideways. Roll the window down Howard. She’s scratching the glass with her Lee Press-Ons.” “Honestly Millie.” “Oh Franny! How’s it going? You look amazing in those clam-diggers. So sty...

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“Funny, Isn't It ” by Jer Long

Submitted to Contest #173

FUNNY, ISN’T IT By Jer Long “Funny,” I replied when my friend Stash asked me how it was going with my new beau. “Funny? It’s been nine months.” Sipping his deluxe caramel-mocha-pecan latte, he stared out the window of Caribou Cafe. “You’re hedging the ultimate question.” “I don’t honestly know!” I tossed my napkin at him. “You’re pissing me off.” Catching the eye of a cute ginger-haired man on the sidewalk outside, Stash flashed his deadliest smile, and the poor schmuck smacked into a mink-swathed bison of a woman. She teetered ...

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