Breaking Up

Rats!,  a flash fiction Christmas story by Eduard Meinema.

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Breaking Up

Synopsis:
Falling in love is no problem; breaking up requires a whole new set of skills. How is Arthur Sturrock going to tell her?


Finding the right words is the worst


Genre: Feelgood

Type: Short Story

Words: 4,235

Released: August 30, 2018

Manuscript finished: August 30, 2018

Inspiration: 

Like the synopsis says, I thought about this strange situation. Falling in love and starting a realtion is never a problem, telling the other the relation is over is much harder. And who can advise you on that?


List of characters

Characters alphabetical by last name. Nicknames and characters only known by their first name or their last name, are given underneath this list. Unnamed characters are not listed!


  • Alwin Begley - the inevitable bad guy
  • Gloria Begley - the gorgeous blonde
  • Arthur Sturrock - yep, the protagonist
  • Tracy Sturrock - wife and victim, or...


Remarks:

Published in Vinyed #3 (January 9, 2024)

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