I can’t remember if this began as a writing exercise or not. Anyway, here it is: Dining Review by Marian Allen The dumpster behind the Bagel Bag used to be my favorite. They had these good doughnuts in their own separate sack. Then somebody started…

I’m cheating again. I’m combining my Sample Sunday with my assignment for Quills and Quibbles and posting it both places. It isn’t cheating, it’s it’s it’s … multi-tasking, yeah, multi-tasking. Or conservation of energy or something. Anyway, here it is. Thanks to Johanna Harness, who…

This bit of almost entirely true flash fiction appeared in the Southern Indiana Writers Group’s very first anthology in 1994. The anthology is no longer in print, but here is the story. THE DAY THE DOG ATE POPCORN by Marian Allen  We moved from Louisville…