“Is this the stairway to heaven?” Charlie asked the attending angel.
“Tis,” the angel replied. “Baggage?”
“Confessed before I died.”
“Then off you go.”
Charlie stepped onto the stairway, which promptly stopped.
“Darn,” the angel said, grabbing a wrench.
“I can wait,” Charlie said.
He pulled out a guitar.
“Don’t!” the angel said.
“Don’t what?”
“Sing that bloody song.”
“Sorry.”
Bruce Stirling‘s work appears in a variety of print and online publications.
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21 Responses to “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN • by Bruce Stirling”
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March 1st, 2010 at 12:50 am
Below are the two reactions I predict for this piece – I’m in the former camp.
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March 1st, 2010 at 3:02 am
HAHAHAHAHA!!! This rocked.
March 1st, 2010 at 3:02 am
First class.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:26 am
Love micro (flash) fiction. Great job and funny too.
March 1st, 2010 at 6:16 am
I also love micro fiction.
March 1st, 2010 at 6:45 am
They told me short stories…they wern’t kidding! Love it.
March 1st, 2010 at 6:46 am
No “Stairway”?!? Denied!
What a delightful story to start the new week and month! Thank you for the huge smile on my face, Bruce.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:20 am
Good chuckle, which was the intent. Thinking about it too much beyond that spoils the fun, so I’ll stop there.
–John
March 1st, 2010 at 7:58 am
Cute jfoke.
March 1st, 2010 at 8:23 am
Kinda like momma…. short and sweet.
I saw how short this piece was and I instantly pre-judged. I’m glad I don’t always listen to myself. This was a fun little story. Nice light fare to wake up to.
Is there a bustle in your hedgerow?
March 1st, 2010 at 8:24 am
I think the angel’s wrong. I think he should bypass the remark and sing.
March 1st, 2010 at 8:41 am
Re@11: Else, what does the confession amount to?
Mickey Mills(@10)asks a pertinent question.
March 1st, 2010 at 8:42 am
Heh heh heh. An old but cute joke.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Wow, that was short!!! I loved it.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:41 pm
What a fun little story. Thanks for making me smile.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Iloved the lines about baggage and confessed!!!
Great job!
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:03 am
Okay, I think this deserved a higher rating than it got.
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:00 am
Stairway? Denied???
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Clever and funny just enough!
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
I saw the ending coming immediately, but the “baggage” line was great!
June 27th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Apparently an inside joke. Or I am just uneducated. Either way, not a short story.