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Boris’s To Do List By Robert Laughlin

Maim hunchbacked assistant.
Find AKC-approved breeder of Bedlington Terriers.
Strangle mad doctor’s colleague.
Warn Guild officers the studios have tapped their phones.
Throw little girl into pond.
Buy Dorothy’s anniversary present.
Throw mad doctor from windmill.
Rent Santa Claus suit for children’s hospital appearance.
Read script for proposed sequel.




Robert Laughlin lives in Chico, California. Mr. Laughlin is the creator and administrator of the Micro Award, an international competition for previously published flash fiction. His short story, "In the Evening Made," was voted a Notable Story of the Year by the judging panel of the storySouth Million Writers Award, and his novel, Vow of Silence, has been released by Trytium.