Here is a “micro fiction” which appeared in the May 15, 2019 issue of the online magazine Soft Cartel.
You can read it below, or by going to the publication HERE.
Oh, Christmas Tree
by
J. Edward Kruft
My father brought home a Sitka spruce.
“Jesus, Randy!” Mom yelled. “A fucking spruce? Do you know how sharp those needles are? Didn’t you feel them? You might as well have brought me a crown of thorns.”
I didn’t mind; it was the most wonderful time of the year.
So while I put on the Yentl soundtrack and lit the fireplace, mom went to find our ski gloves to protect us from the prick.