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Peter Fraser's Sudden Death

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Peter Fraser's Sudden Death

He never imagined it would end this way

Bill Adler
Oct 6, 2021
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Peter Fraser, who was in the best shape of his life thanks to a daily ten-mile sprint, regular weight lifting, a vegan diet, scientifically formulated supplements, eight hours of sleep a night, living in pollution-free Honolulu, and no alcohol (except for a glass of champagne on his birthday, his wife’s birthday, and New Year’s eve), suddenly died on August 22nd after closely examining the yogurt container from which he just ate and realizing that the yogurt had expired yesterday. 


I publish a short story every Sunday, but from time to time post an additional, shorter work of fiction mid-week. I like one-sentence stories because of the challenge of capturing somebody’s entire life between the sentence’s first letter and period.


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Mark Starlin
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Oct 6, 2021Liked by Bill Adler

If you eat this yogurt YOU will expire. - the fine print

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Thorsten Roth
Oct 6, 2021Liked by Bill Adler

Sometimes - I am a bit like him. Thank you for the reminder! LOL

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