“Death By Scrabble” by Charlie Fish is a short story about an unhappy husband who expresses his rage toward his wife through the game Scrabble. He is searching for signs in the words he creates, so he tries to command fate and use coincidences to excuse his anger.
The first line of the story, “it’s a hot day and I hate my wife,” presents the juxtaposition of funny and unexpected things. This genre is referred to as black humor.
This is a link to the text of the story:
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DeatScra.shtml
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