Albert and Maudie Talk About Dying and Living: A fictional short-short s...

Excerpts from Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 secrets of hi...

Thoughts on Getting Stuff Done...Plus

Self-Acceptance

Managing Your Tendency to Blow Up

Don't Just Sing. Perform!

Addressing Loneliness: A personalized approach

Super-Simple (and Yummy) Recipes

Gardening as Respite

Sustaining a Marriage After 51 Years

My Last Mile: A fictional short-short story

A Man of Contradictions: A fictional short-short story

Limb from Limb: Horror flash-fiction

In the Recycled Coffin: Horror flash fiction

I Hear You: horror flash fiction

Summary of My After-Dinner Speech Tonight at U.C. Berkeley

Loyalty is Irrational

My First Experience at the 70+ Social Club: A fictional short story

The Ph.D's Dilemma: A fictional short-short story

The Shamer: A fictional short-short story

The 8-Year-Old Detective: A short story for kids…but not really.

In Search of Eyeballs

My book, Baby Steps, FREE for a few days

For the next few days, Amazon is making free the Kindle version of my book of doable life improvements, Baby Steps. And I've priced the paperback at just $6.00: https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Steps-relationships-procrastination-communication/dp/B0BNL2JQF5

"Cleaning Up: "A fictional short-short story

A Second Chance: A fictional short-short story

SuperBaby: A short-short story

Superman Updated: A short-short story

What a Hotel Bar Pianist is Thinking: A fictional short-short story

Timeless Love: A fictional short-short story

On Guard: a fictional two-minute story

My book, Work Stories, is free for a few days

In hopes of getting reviews, for the next few days, Amazon has made the Kindle version of my book of 2-minute stories, Work Stories, free/ And I've priced the paperback version at just $5: https://www.amazon.com/Work-Stories-short-short-Marty-Nemko/dp/B0C9S852GM

If We All Had a Lie Detector: A thought experiment

Quit? A fictional short-short story

Small World: A fictional short-short story

What if There Were No Government? A thought experiment

What If There Were No Government: A thought experiment

An Ordinary Day: A fictional short-short story

Getting Less Sad

Why We're Sadder (concise version)

Why We've Become Sadder

My book SENIOR STORIES--2-minute stories is FREE for a few days

 

For the next few days,

Amazon is making FREE the Kindle version of my book Senior Stories: two-minute stories light and dark about people over 60: https://www.amazon.com/Senior-Stories-Lighter-Marty-Nemko-ebook/dp/B0CDT8FG22 

The 103rd Time: A fictional short-short story

The Choices I've Made: A fictional short-short story

The Emperor's New Clothes (DEI version): A fictional short-short story

One Way to Get a Promotion: A fictional short-short story

A Tough Dad: A fictional short story

My Wife Left Me. Now What? A fictional short-short story

"But I Did Everything They Said!" A fictional short-short story

Run-through of My Upcoming Piano Concert: Springing Spring

I Don't Like Most People

What You Don't See: A fictional short-short story

The Rationality of Love at First Sight: A fictional short-short story

How to Be Compelling When Speaking or Writing

"You Always Look Sad:" A fictional short-short story

A Whistleblower's Tale: A fictional short-short story

12 Ways Men are Disadvantaged

The Prince and Princess of Duke City: A fictional short-short story

When Most People Don't Earn Enough Money

When Someone "Fails to Launch"

The Press to Impress: A fictional short-short story

Do Not Make a Surprise Visit: A fictional short-short story

I Tried to Get INTO Jail

The Traditional Woman is Dead. Yay?

Second Childhood

Ripples: A short-short story

Ghosted? Three Options

Who Should Be Our Heroes?

Thoughts and a Possible Solution to the Israeli/Palestinian Problem: New...

Writing is a Terrible Career, a Great Hobby

The Government is Driving Us Out of Our Cars. Foolish and Cruel!

Trying: A short-short story

Should I Go to the Wedding? A short-short story

For the next few days, Amazon is making FREE my book, Light: short-short stories on life's brighter side

For the next few days, Amazon is making FREE my book, Light: short-short stories on life's brighter side: https://www.amazon.com/Light-Stories-lifes-brighter-side/dp/B0C9S86R2L

Good for the Goose…a short-short story

Chick Magnet: A short-short story

Nun #7: A short-short story

No One Listens to Even My Best Ideas

A Hypochondriacal Undertaker: A fictional short-short story

Church Dog: A short-short story

"Dogs are Just Dirty Scavengers"A fictional short-short story

No Soap: A fictional short-short story

A World Without Men: A thought experiment

My talk to UC Berkeley students on the art of public speaking

Chill Coaching: A fictional short-short story

A C?!: A fictional short-short story

My Self-Employment Secrets

My Money Secrets

My Secrets for Improving Mood

My Diet Secrets

My Time-Saving Secrets: An installment in my series on practical secrets

They Burned Me Out: A fictional short-short story

Death Angel? A fictional short-short story

The Worst Selfie: A fictional short-short story

A Worry-Wart Hound: A fictional short-short story

Into Each Others' Eyes: A fictional short-short story for Valentine's Day

First and Last Kiss: A fictional short-short story for Valentine's Day

The Sniff: A doggie short-short story in time for Valentine's Day

Burning for Valentine's Day: A fictional short-short story

Rock StarA short-short story

A Remarkable Retirement: A fictional short-short story

How I Met My Wife: A fictional short-short story

The Infiltrating Librarian: A fictional short-short story

Pull-Quotes from my book, How to Life, plus my most recent 15 tweets.

Pull-Quotes from my book, Baby Steps

Deluge: A fictional short-short story

A Link to the 32 Books I've Written

I've written 32 books and would welcome your taking a look. They range from How to Do Life to Affirmative Actions: two-minute stories. I've priced them low to increase the number of people who'd read my work. Here's the link to all 32: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Marty-Nemko/author/B001IQW864

I Really Should Get Out More: A fictional short-short story

I Had to Stop: A fictional short-short story

Dick: A fictional short-short story

What if Extra-Large Clothes Were Banned? A thought experiment

Music as Front-Line Treatment for Mood Disorders?: A thought experiment

Sacrifice: a short-short story

Public Speaking for Beginners

Fully Loaded: A fictional short-short story

The collection of my favorite short-short stories, Affirmative Actions is FREE for a few days.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS: That's the title of the just-published collection of my favorites among the hundreds of short-short stories I've written. Amazon is making the Kindle version FREE for the next few days: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTCBBF41

A Guys' Getaway: A short-short story

Very Vegan, Oy Vey: A short-short story

The Upstart 83-Year-Old: a short-short story

SuperSchool: A fictional short-short story

The Trip: A fictional short-short story

The Warehouse Pairer: a short-short story

STUPORHEROES: Nine parables.

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 9: Dunder Woman

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 8: StuporMan

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 7: HiderMan

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 6: Harry Gotter

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 5: Wider Woman

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 4: Tom Lift

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 3: Tom Miffed

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 2: Nancy Goo

StuporHeroes Parables, Episode 1: The Tardy Boys

I Can't Even Give Away My Books: a fictional short-short story

Short Hugs: a fictional short-short story

Matchmaker, Matchmaker: A fictional short-short story

Best in Class: A fictional short-short story

My Last Dog: A fictional short-short story

A Dropout: A fictional short-short story

They Tried to Get Rid of Me: A fictional short-short story

The Garden Geek Speaks

After a Nuclear Terrorist Attack: A thought experiment

How Acceptable Would You Be in the Bay Area Bubble?

My new book, A Dose of Reality, is free for the next few days only

For the next few days only, my new book, a Dose of Reality is, on Kindle, FREE. It's very short essays and short-short stories on what I most believe that ISN'T conventional wisdom: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKT23Z7K

 

A Therapist Support Group--Episode 6 of AT WORK: a series of fictional s...

Thoughts in Class--Episode 5 of AT WORK: a series of fictional short-sho...

Private Thoughts: Things I Can Share Only With My Dog

Private Thoughts: Things I Can Share Only With My Dog: That's my latest How to do Life podcast, available on Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-do-life/id1516676290

The Laziest Person. Episode 4 of AT WORK: a series of fictional short-sh...

An Activist Planning Session. It's Episode 3 in AT WORK: a series of fi...

Advanced Objections Training, Episode 2 in At Work: a series of fictiona...

Remote: A fictional short-short story

WEDDED BLITZ, short-short stories. Episode 5: Going Green

WEDDED BLITZ, Episode 4: Camping Seemed Like a Good Idea

WEDDED BLITZ, Episode 3: The Kitchen Remodel

WEDDED BLITZ, Episode 2: Monster in the Bedroom

WEDDED BLITZ, Episode 1: Baby #2

The Carpenter: A short-short story

Divorcing After 70 Years: A short-short story

We're All Too Human

A Typical Couple?: A short-short story

Excerpts from Dave Barry's 2023 Year in Review: "Yes, The Situation is H...

Off: A short-short story

JACOB'S WALKS: A series of fantasy short-short stories. EPISODE 5: The T...

JACOB’S WALKS: A series of fantasy short-short stories. EPISODE 4: The S...

JACOB'S WALKS: A series of fantasy short-short stories. EPISODE 3: The P...

JACOB’S WALKS: A series of fantasy short-short stories. EPISODE 2: The G...

Jacob's Walks: a series of fantasy short-short stories. Episode 1: The Bag.

Private Thoughts: A series of short-short stories

Private Thoughts I'd Share Mainly With My Dog

A Student Talks to His Dog: A short-short story

A Dancer Talks to Her Dog: A short-short story

A Cheese Clerk Talks to His Dog: A short-short story

An Israeli Veteran Talks to Her Dog

A Salesman Turned Fundraiser Talks to His Dog; A short-short story

Little Doggie Stories: short-short stories from my book of that title.

A Musician Talks to His Dog: A short-short story

The 2012 State Fair Beauty Queen Talks to Her Dog: A short-short story

An 85-Year-Old Talks to His Dog: A short-short story

Victor Davis Hanson on Harvard President Claudine Gay's Resignation

I Talk to My Doggie: A short-short story

Can An Old Dog Learn a New Trick? A short-short story

A Dog's Search for His Father: A short-short story