Stories tagged “monotony”
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Bad Day for Hats
It looked like every other hat he’d inspected on the line that day. Frankly, the darn thing looked like every other hat he’d inspected that year. Prior to that the brim was wider, and the ribbon was a higher quality satin. They changed the ...
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Standing Still
I really like paper airplanes. It’s not that I’m particularly good at making them, most nosedive after a few feeble feet of flight. But the fact that they fly at all fascinates me. It astounds me that something so small and simple could do ...
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Grey Days
The moves seemed monotonous. The everyday routine imprinted into his skull. He didn’t even have to think. His body moved for him. His coat neatly tucked away in the closet. A frozen dinner rotating in the microwave. Fifteen minutes of scanning t...