#eBook Fool for one more love by Cian Doyle
The bar smells like stale beer and desperation. I’ve been here too many nights to count, nursing the same glass of whatever’s cheapest on tap, watching the same faces come and go.
Nothing changes. Not in this goddamn town, anyway. But tonight? Tonight feels different.
Maybe it’s because I’m wearing this stupid shirt I found at the back of the closet. It's a little tight around the middle, showing off more of my gut than I care to admit, but it’s clean.
And I haven’t worn it in years. I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror above the bar and try to smile. I don’t know why, I’ve never been a guy who smiled much but I force it anyway. The smile doesn’t reach my eyes.
That’s okay, though. People don’t notice that kind of thing. At least, they don’t if you can fake it well enough.
Cian Doyle. A fixture of the New York City health services, navigates the labyrinth of bureaucracy with the weary grace of a seasoned sailor. Most of the time he wrangles spreadsheets and calms irate patients. But later at home he channels his frustrations into darkly comedic short stories about the eccentric characters he encounters, from hypochondriacs to bewildered bureaucrats, proving that even in the most mundane of settings, life provides endless fodder for absurdity.
Ovi eBook Publishing 2025
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