In general I don’t care for the short story form – I prefer longer works. Plus, I agree with Mark Twain’s sentiment about shorter things (sure, he was talking about a letter, but whatever) being more difficult to write than longer works.
However, now and again I get bit by the short story bug, and one comes out before I get a chance to do anything about it. Thus, “Waiting.”
Since I like experimenting with different mediums, I also recorded an audio version.

Go get Adobe Flash Player!

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