Category Archives: FICTION

FICTION (1000 WORDS OR MORE)

West

West

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She hoped that Jack might finally tell her something new, maybe even reveal some forthcoming thing, like a portent. A vision as terrifyingly clear as the western sun. But neither of them possessed a knack for seeing the future.more

Babel

Babel

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We were the boys in the corduroy pants, but that made too much sense! We needed to confuse people, like God confused Babel, we confused our parents, our teachers.more

Spiral

Spiral

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She spits through lips painted green. She means disrespect but I see DNA. In spit is a stamp that can clone or convict you. I suppose that an artist’s work, to its maker, does both. I can understand the desire for distance.more

A Wife Who Turned Into A Fish

A Wife Who Turned Into A Fish

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After 40 years of marriage, Charles’s wife turned into a fish.more

The Old Square

The Old Square

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Two months after he lost his job teaching algebra at St. James Preparatory School for Boys, and one month after his wife left with the kids and the cash and the car, Clem built a bonfire.more

Memento Mori

Memento Mori

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I’m not happy that Jan’s dog was killed by the police. But did you ever think that the dog was sick and tired of Jan? Did you ever think the dog may have hurtled itself in front of the police cruiser, in an existential act, fulfilling its fate and destiny, relieving itself of the miserable existence and life it lived as a slave of Jan?more

Bean There. Done That.

Bean There. Done That.

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I may just be a bean, but I can portend the future.more

Failure to Thrive

Failure to Thrive

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His woefully small son’s failure to thrive put the fear of God in burly Boston cop Pete O’Malley, spooked him witless, unnerved him, unmanned him. He felt it in his marrow. They were into some seriously fucked up shit with a seven-year-old boy failing to thrive and needing a shrink twice a week.more

Lies I Tell My Daughter

Lies I Tell My Daughter

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Truth: Middle of the night, after Leila had finally gone to sleep after a four-hour stand-off I grabbed the kitty piano from her toy bin in the living room, slinked through back door, slid into the garage, and smashed the fucker with a hammer.more

The Love Song of Child-of-Water

The Love Song of Child-of-Water

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That night, sadder and wiser, singing of Sun, Cloud, Wind, Lightning, and Water, we buried Ina where white men will never go and Creator will never tell.more