Every time lockdown was lifted, people would flood into the streets. Whenever that happened from place to place, there would be public screaming and laughing and hugging. Occasional looting. Occasional sex. Each time, there were countless photos, selfies and not.…
Month: March 2020
Lockdown Lovin’ – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
A sampling of dating profiles ranked by readiness to connect, lowest to highest. OkCupid: I spent a lot of time on this very long and detailed profile but am feeling really hesitant about connecting during quarantine. I usually like to…
Yes, That One – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
“Okay, so what do you want to play next?” Gary asked with an eager smile. Jamie looked up from the gaming table to the more than 1,320 board games that lined the shelves that lined the walls of their spectacular…
Spam – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
To: [recipient’s name redacted] From: Corona connection Date: 24 April 2020 14:51 PM Subject: Test results for Sex! COVID-Test Result [headline size] Negative test result document Prositutes no longer say no to you Test result document “proves” you will not…
Quartet – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
Ragusa, 1398. Guillermo lays on the floor. He’d always kept to himself on board, none of his shipmates realizing how much he wondered if the tick tock steps of feet walking by his bunk might be someone who would talk…
Done Under the Sun – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
Carrie’s brain lit up, and so she Googled. love in the time of corona About 2,100,000,000 results. “Two billion? Are you kidding me? Shit… Okay…” COVID’s Metamorphoses About 323,000 results. “Dammit! What else, what else?” She sat there, trying to…
Wall, Eee! – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
The line stretched through half the park. The dotted line — each member of the queue six feet behind the next. It wound through playgrounds and picnic areas, parking lots and ballfields, leading finally to the entrance gate for the…
An Innovative Use for Excess Chicken Wire – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
If you’d asked Farley when he’d gone out to the chicken coop that morning for fresh breakfast eggs if he had any idea he’d be looking at sex dolls online as he ate his lunch, he’d have said no. Something…
Cleanroom Gowning Protocol – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
In Cleanroom #17 at the mammoth microprocessor manufacturing plant where they worked, the evening shift saw the clock inch toward quitting time. Greg and Bob tidied up their respective workstations and moved to the airlock, proceeding through it individually into…
The Indie Movie – Coronavirus Mini-Story of the Day
The smartphone cameraperson captures the married couple, playing strangers in a grocery store’s empty toilet paper aisle, glossy eyes burning through each other. Abruptly, mutually, recklessly, they fall into each other’s arms. Minutes later in the parking lot, the couple,…