Stories tagged fiction

Cellphone Girl (Part II)

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The tsunami started, ironically enough, with a phone call.

Hotel Chelsea - Intercut 7

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X feels no fear for he knows that this is one vehicle he’s safe in, one that will always arrive where he needs to go

The Last Words of a Genius

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The crowd gathered around the dying man's bed, waiting for his last words. He was a genius. The most prolific writer and philosopher to ever live. He wiped his ass with the words of Shakespeare. The thoughts of Plato, Socrates, Descartes, and Nietzsche w

The Outlaw's Last Stand

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The Outlaw was tired. Tired and sore. During his short life on God’s great planet, mostly in the last ten years, he had raped thousands of women. Possibly even tens of thousands. He had killed at least as many men, most likely more. Each one of them tur

Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 4

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She has negotiated a plum deal

Break up number infinity

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You are not Brian Setzer even though you’re a ladies’ man. Even though you got cat class and you got cat style. Even though you lindy-hopped through my heart.

Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 5

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Nanette kept stealing glances at him: the man looked honestly happy to be alive

Flirting With Immortality

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That stupid bastard seemed to defy death at every turn in his life. His actions suggested invincibility, but his catch phrase indicated full awareness that he was indeed quite vincible. And how fitting was his name. We didn’t know if it

Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 6

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“The Chelsea,” Nanette says to no one as if speaking in someone else's dream

Wild Dreams ofReality, 11

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I took my first shower away from home as if it were a ritual cleansing. It felt especially good, even exciting to be taking a shower in the bathroom of another woman. Why was that? Maybe because it didn't have marble around the bathtub, and it wasn't e

Quitting Is Easy

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I took up smoking just to show the world how easy it was to quit. It’s been five months now, and my wife is wondering why I haven’t yet.

A Dick Move

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I was fired today for fucking my boss’s secretary during my lunch break. Those were his words. I would never use such a harsh phrase to describe such an intimate moment. He called me into his office in the afternoon—after he had caught us and given me

Homegirl!

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And Happygirl was outlined in a big golden heart, and Homegirl not only couldn't appreciate the Neil Young reference cos her parents were fans and thoughts of them slow-dancing to After the Gold Rush made her gag, but she also didn't know or care to know

Quality Control

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"Never stop the wedding during the ceremony", Michael said, pointing to the sickle shaped scar beneath his right eye...

Wild Dreams of Reality, 12

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I went out behind Parker's house and saw Darrell's tent set up in the grass. The flaps of the pup tent were open. I could see him through the mosquito netting. He had a Coleman lamp burning and lay on his back in his underwear on top of his sleeping bag.