fiction
8 posts
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Lips too tight
Fiction. Nowhere near done. "E xpensive this, unfair that, people need to open their eyes," Hanna's father said. American eyes tended to stay narrow, ...
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400-pound beauty: Part 1 & 2
Back in the yesteryears of fiction (1800s), stories were printed in installments in newspapers and magazines. The serial nature of the short story mad...
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Kafka's Metamorphosis
Where is the border between memory and dream? There is an island near Hawaii where sharp black rocks resist the pounding surf and sea salt softens the...
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Almost but Not Quite
I’m lying on Venice beach with my girlfriend, honestly spending the best quality time ever with her, tanning side-by-side on identical indigo towels. ...
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Inclination: A little plant story
Thank you, Professor Zarin. Inclination Ginger had a vague notion that the concrete underneath her feet was uneven. That she was currently standing on...
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Moving Day
1. I spotted a silver die, half-buried in the trash, glistening for me, while I waited to cross the intersection. I wanted to point this out, ask some...
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Jayson and the Giant Beach: First Three Chapters
1. Up until Jayson was 10 years old, he lived with his mum and dad in a colourful house by the sea. Hermit crabs would waddle by his porch, and he wou...
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So you want to write a short story?
From January to April this year, I was able to pick the brain of Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning author ( The Hours). I practically transcr...