The Humor Side

17 – 22 minutes The tissue paper had fallen into my lap. I looked at Ethan. He was crying now.

7 – 9 minutes At sixty-two, I returned from a two-week vacation to discover fifteen strangers sleeping inside my house.

2 minutes His name was never missing—you just read straight past it. A stranger on London Bridge tips his hat,

37 – 47 minutes **Part One: Two Days** My son had been gone for exactly two days when he came

2 minutes H – “Hello?” W – “Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?” H – “Yes.” W –

35 – 45 minutes The photograph was not of Lucas. That was the first thing my mind registered, and for

2 minutes When a husband asked his wife how she would escape if she were lost in a dense forest,

10 – 13 minutes At dinner with my daughter’s fiancé’s family, his father, a Navy captain, slid his empty glass

2 – 3 minutes A man visits his doctor feeling seriously ill and asks how much time he has left.

3 minutes Kitchen towels and bath towels do not always need to be washed separately. Whether they can share a