This story was written by Ariela L. Zucker. She was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1949 and moved with her family to Maine in 2003. She's a retired educator practicing a second career as a motel owner and a writer. Tell her how much you like her story by commenting here: http://bit.ly/2f4pmbV Check her out on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2dRZvYG FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story was written by Teddy Kimathi. Teddy is a Kenyan who writes poetry, fiction stories and letters for local newspapers. He's lucky to have some of his poems and fiction stories published in various journals and magazines. His first poetry book, "The Milky Way In Words," is available on Amazon. Tell him how much you like his story by commenting here: http://bit.ly/2emXbVG FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story comes from Patrick Love, who paints pictures and writes. His humor has been published by Praxis Magazine and Sediments Literary-Arts Journal. His website,www.ploveart.com, is in slow development. Tell him how much you like his story here: http://bit.ly/2fiwZAy FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. Listen to our first season! To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey. OK. Enough from me. I hope you enjoy the stories, and thanks for listening.

This story was written by Linda M. Crate. She is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. Recently her two chapbooks "A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn" (Fowlpox Press - June 2013) and "Less Than A Man" (The Camel Saloon - January 2014) were published. Her fantasy novel "Blood & Magic" was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. Her poetry collection "Sing Your Own" Song is forthcoming through Barometric Pressures Series. Tell her how much you like her story by commenting here: http://bit.ly/2f1iWLP Check her out! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Linda-M-Crate-129813357119547/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thysilverdoe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorlindamcrate/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Magic-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B014V3ZHTA FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story was written by Gina Marrelli. Gina writes about the intricacies of being a twenty-something introvert at positivelyintroverted.wordpress.com. Tell her how much you like her story by commenting here: http://bit.ly/2e9MKqU FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story was written by Robert L. Martin. His writings have appeared in Mature Years, Alive Now, Asinine Poetry, Poets' Espresso, among others. He wrote two chapbooks entitled, In Reverence to Life, and A Sage's Diary. His poetry blog is www.poeticous.com. He won two Faith and Hope awards. He is a member of GLVWG, a writers group. He is also a jazz pianist and the organist at First UMC of Wind Gap, PA. He loves his NY Giants football team. Tell him how much you like his story here: http://bit.ly/2fixZ7O FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story was written by Edward Palumbo. He is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island (1982). His fiction, poems, shorts, and journalism have appeared in numerous periodicals, journals, e-journals and anthologies including Rough Places Plain, Flush Fiction, Tertulia Magazine, Epiphany, The Poet’s Page, Reader’s Digest, Baseball Bard and Dark Matter. Ed’s literary credo is: if you fall off the horse, get right back on the bicycle. Tell him how much you like his story by commenting here: http://bit.ly/2eUOzcn To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This classy story was written by Megan Fuentes, a 19 year-old elementary education major with the Twitter handle @msmeganfuentes and the blog bymeganwithmeraki.tumblr.com. Tell her how much you like her story by commenting here: http://bit.ly/2emTeAn FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story comes from Caitlin Foley. She's a student of creative writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, and currently based in Galway, Ireland. She works as a freelance writer and editor, with experience developing websites. Check out her website (http://caitlinrfoley.wixsite.com/author), and tell her how much you like her story here: http://bit.ly/2f4kqnm FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. Listen to our first season! To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.

This story was written by Catherine Arra, who lives in upstate New York. A former English and writing teacher, her poetry and prose have been published in various journals online and in print. Recent work appears or will soon appear in The Timberline Review, Wildness, Boston Literary Magazine, Rose Red Review Pioneertown, Sugared Water and Ishka Bibble. Her chapbooks are: Slamming & Splitting (Red Ochre Press, 2014) and Loving from the Backbone (Flutter Press, 2015). Tell her how much you like her story here: http://bit.ly/2dZjYWP FunnyInFiveHundred.com promotes original submissions of humorous short stories, all under 500 words. To stay up-to-date, receive the latest humor fiction, writing tips, and more, sign up for our newsletter at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Subscribe. To submit your own story, head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Submit. To support the site, check out our first novel at FunnyInFiveHundred.com/Novel, "Sebastian Needs A Real Job." It’s a funny book about an irate goofball trying to find his first real job. One reviewer called it a "millennial’s reinterpretation of the offbeat comedy 'A Confederacy of Dunces,'” which I think summarizes the intent nicely. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s free on Kindle Unlimited. Finally, I’d love your feedback about the podcast. Head to FunnyInFiveHundred.com/POD to take a quick 3-question survey.