Demons Fed With Whiskey - 75 Word Short Story

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His fingers laced together at the back of his whiskey glass. Cigarette smoke lingered around him, clung to him, almost as if the smoke knew how he felt, wanted to comfort him.

Drugs, bullets, crooked cops....

The bartender came over to him, and refilled his glass. With confusion in his voice, he asked, "Do you have a lot of demons?"

He met the bartender's eyes. "We all have demons. I just choose to feed mine."

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