All Out of F-stars

Some words are worse than others

Bill Adler

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Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

“I don’t want to be ten,” Deidre screamed. She stomped her foot so hard the wood floor in the living room almost cracked. A vertical fracture appeared on the nearest wall. “Do you hear me?! I don’t want to be f-staring ten years old.”

“You get a phone when you’re ten,” Deidre’s father, Luke, said. Never mind that you have to get a phone and if you

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Bill Adler

An American writer in Japan, editor of The Binge-Watching Cure books, author of the bestselling book, Outwitting Squirrels. Occasional pilot, 24/7 cat owner.