“Fuckitty-Fuck-Fuck-Fuck Part 2: Shit-Shit-Shit-Shit-Shit” by Nkosi Ife Bandele
For my daughter, “Shit!” became the Shit . . .
Category: Terrible Twosdays
Are you a parent going through the Terrible Twos? Did you live through them and survive? Terrible Twosdays is a place to commiserate over the unending shenanigans of your Darling Children (as the online parenting communities say). Nonfiction stories will be considered, so long as names have been changed to protect the guilty. Inspired by our best-selling gift book for parents, Go the Fuck to Sleep, Terrible Twosdays joins the roster of our other online short fiction series. Unlike Mondays Are Murder and Thursdaze, we’re looking for stories with a light and mischievous feel, all about the day-to-day challenges of parenting. As with our other flash fiction series, stories must not exceed 750 words.
“Baby Frankenstein” by Maria DePaul
When I grow up, I want to be Frankenstein . . .
“Spawn of Satan” by Victoria Madison
When my twins were two years old I had steamy droplets of perspiration dripping out of every pore in my body. . . .
“The Terrible Twos” by Ben White
The task at hand seemed impossible yet every day he had to accept his fate and undergo the process . . .
“The Shade and the Pulp” by Ian Truman
The task at hand seemed impossible yet every day he had to accept his fate and undergo the process . . .
“AN unHAPPY MEAL” by Nkosi Ife Bandele
You got me. I sometimes steal away into McDonald’s with my nine year old, and we share a large fry. . .
“The Vegetarian” by Andreia Dumitru
It started when she was quite young. . .
“Love Given, Love Received” by Lisa Cole
So there I was being selfishly glum after learning that tonight’s tenth anniversary dinner reservations had to be cancelled . . .