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Short Stories

The "73 Words in the 732" contest seeks original short stories that contain seventy-three words or fewer. Stories can be on any theme or topic, and a panel of library staff will select the best short stories, which will appear on the library's website.

The contest is open through the month of May every year. All ages are welcome to participate and East Brunswick residency is not required.

Second Generation

Second Generation

Decades ago I attended a Second Generation group for the children of Holocaust survivors. Our gruesome legacy, woven into the fabric of each family, bonded us.

At...

Sara Ullman

Friday, May 27, 2022

The Conversation

""I was sorry to hear about your wife's passing.""
""It's still hard for me to realize she's gone.""
""I was lost when my husband died.""
""How long ago did he die?""
""A...

Lily Frances

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Dreaming in Deli

I dreamed that I was in an intensive care unit.  I heard the doctor say “We are running out of treatments”. “Although this is still an experimental therapy, perhaps an egg cream infusion using an...

M'EL

Thursday, May 26, 2022

4,378

I always believed time travel existed and I was on a mission to prove it. I was finally ready to test my invention and stay in my youth forever. I fired it up, loud noises and explosions of light...

Christina Shaker

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Beat the Odds

Emily was walking briskly, enjoying the rare morning sun on her face. The smile on her face was genuine. Her little shop with books from all around the world was finally doing well. The quaint...

Priti Kandlur

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Rewrite the Darling

Little Bear cornered her forever nemesis on the slick of a clean page. She was tired of their humdrum ending. Her violated bed, stolen porridge, and busted up chair never led to a fairy tale...

T Gilbert

Thursday, May 26, 2022

My Vision Was Less Than 20/20

My Vision Was Less Than 20/20 – By Earl Best

Born in 1947 to two native New Yorkers. I attended PS 197 starting in fourth grade when it opened. I never knew my eyesight was below par until...

William Best

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Earth2

USS Encounter’s four man crew had two woman astronauts. Encounter launched from Cape Canaveral. No sooner had acceleration reached 1/3 lightspeed, than they had to begin deceleration burn. The...

Shikhar Dixit

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Bridge

It was a bridge to everything, and no one could see it but me. I was unlocked. Hell, the game changed, once I saw myself the way my teacher saw me. It’s like I didn’t have glasses for sixteen...

Amanda Visokay

Monday, May 23, 2022

Terror and Reprieve

On the morning after the day everything changed, I woke up before my alarm. I let the steady waves of panic wash over me as I took deep breaths and realized I wouldn't fall back asleep. I told...

Shelly Rzewuski

Monday, May 16, 2022

What was so wrong with me now?

Once I remember my father saying how he missed me as a little kid. I had felt insulted. Now, I often think back to this comment. I love my much younger sisters, now in their twenties, but I too...

Shelly Rzewuski

Monday, May 16, 2022

Elevator Memoir-1955

Elevator memoir 1955

No Lackawanna train Fridays.
Instead, Mommy drives from Orange to Newark to pick up Daddy at his office.
Parked, we run to the elevator bank, press the...

Donna Lee Goldberg

Friday, May 13, 2022