If It Weren’t for Bad Luck

Albert wore his “lucky socks” to the job interview. On the way he stepped in gum, then a sewer grate. He didn’t get the job. Now he’s unemployed. Scientists say luck isn’t real–but Albert disagrees from beneath his umbrella, under a lightning-struck tree. He’s applying next at the horseshoe factory.

***Faster than a speeding gummy, able to leap small buildings at a single bound Flash Fiction is a guaranteed page turner.

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