Micro fiction, Litsa Dremousis

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Oedipus Sings Smooth Jazz


Patrick’s mom pushes me aside, squeals, and rushes the stage when he starts singing  “It Might Be You.”


He hears her screaming and blows her a kiss. 


I wave. 


He blows his mom a second kiss. 


Maybe he doesn’t see me standing right there. Or, worse, he does see me and deliberately directs two kisses to his mom instead of his girlfriend. 


I’m now doubly grateful for the non-creepy relationship my dad and I share. 


I’m craving pizza and decide to leave.


As I approach the exit, I hear “I dedicate this next one to Mom!”


Yeah, we’re done.

Litsa Dremousis (she/her) is the author of Altitude Sickness (Future Tense Books). Seattle Metropolitan Magazine named it one of the all-time “20 Books Every Seattleite Must Read”. The Believer, Bright Flash Fiction Review, Esquire, Filter, Flare Lit Mag, Flash Fiction Magazine, McSweeney’s, Monkeybicycle, MSN, NPR, NYMag, NYT, Paper, Paste, PEN Center USA, P&W, PW, The Rumpus, Salon, Short Beasts, Slate, WaPo, et al.