Sixty-second stories 8/5/10

Byizoldast

Prompt word, cross: “Don’t cross me,” Reinholdt warned ominously. “You won’t like me when I’m angry.” “Hey, you sound just like David Banner on that old Hulk show,” Martin replied as he laced up his shoes. “Do you think you can tone it down some for the T-Ball championship game?”
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I like this as a full length short story about parents and their frequent over-involvement in their kids sports. Perfectly normal, average people become raging maniacs when it comes to deal with their kids games.

As always, if you like a particular entry, let me know, and the top two of each month will be fleshed out into full-length tales.

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