Stories tagged fiction

A Man From Nantucket

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Once upon a time there was this guy in Nantucket. He may have been a whaler, a friend of Ishmael.

One Way Street

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My mind begins to envision the worst case scenario: What if he actually gets a recording contract? What if he sings (well, not sings, exactly) What if he says stuff like this and 100,000 prepubescent girls believe I suck at housekeeping,

SWEET TOOTH: The Ballad Of Kola Kubes

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Trisha dreamed of being a Playboy Bunny since the days she still had buck-teeth and fried egg boobs. She blu-tacked page threes above her bed-head and had me snap topless Polaroids till they littered the floor. She told me to imagine she had 36DDs and per

Just One Sentence

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Blinking, Eleanor frowned at the words she’d uttered. They were absurd… foolish. Unequivocally unscientific, but beautiful nonetheless. The notion of the sunless hours embodied as a clumsy artist struck the student as interesting.

Blueprint for a tale

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Remove with care, then slowly lay the string, wide well-soaked end at left-hand edge, to start, and allow to curve, to bend, to almost loop and wind its way at rest across the mottled, patterned green

Born Lucky

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He's gonna find he wasn't born lucky after all, his propaganda has got up on the wrong side of the bed and sidled onto the couch.

Crusts

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My luck had just about run out when I found her. She sat upright like a really classy broad on that torn brown sofa that smelled bad. Bad like sour milk and cat piss. The coffee table was slick with spilt …

Street plan for a story

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But behind the shops (and the many pubs), at the back of the narrow cottage fronts which line the wynds are secret courtyards, surprising gardens and more light than ever imagined.

The Suicider (Short Version)

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He woke up four hours later with the second worst headache of his life. He leaned against the car door, his face against the window, and pulled the handle to open the door, but it hit the wall. He pulled himself out of the car by the top of the door frame

GIFT OF THE MERLION

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Susie sat by the window listening to the wind woo-wooing outside. She liked listening to the wind and watching the water waltzing in the canal below. But she didn't like being left alone. That could hardly be helped though. Mother worked long hours. Now Susie craned her…

Missing the Bus

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Something about her eyes...

Freedom

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the darkness held frieghtened by the surveillance of a distant white shimmer.

That's How It Went

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“Alice, for the umpteenth time, it’s the blood pressure meds that make it hard… well, doesn’t make it hard… I mean… You know what I mean. Viagra works, but you—”

The Golden Moment

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I wait for the small gap of time where the note vibratos into nothingness...

Flying Into The Danger Zone

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Before I take on any client, I need to know why exactly you need the services of a professional wingman. It’s hard to admit to your failures, especially when it involves your penis.