Phil Temples lives in Watertown, Massachusetts, and works as a computer systems administrator at a university. He’s had over a hundred short fiction stories published in print and online journals. His full-length murder-mystery novel, “The Winship Affair” is available from Blue Mustang Press, as well as a short story anthology, “Machine Feelings” from Big Table Publishing.

This ten word story was typed on a manual Underwood typewriter c. 1940’s. Let’s call him Rudy; an absolute joy.