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How Jellyfish Make Love

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It was 1986 when I met you. We both lived on Decatur Avenue in a tank that had enough room for you, me, and all our fake plastic accoutrement. I was 30 years old -- really old for a jellyfish. Some people thought I'd die sooner. But I knew better. I was…

Immaculata Dentata

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She's good with scissors, too, knows how to slice up her seams. Nothing up her sleeves, you can see when she turns herself inside out. And she won't even charge you a fee.

Life of the Writer

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I am a romantic writer, true. But what comes after the romance is what fascinates me. A lover dying is the most beautiful scene I want to write. The most beautiful scene I have yet to write.

Hiccup

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I’m no expert, but to me it looked human.

A Life of My Own - 4

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"Middle class workers and working class poor and the unemployed will soon be forming a revolutionary movement to break this stranglehold of corrupt elites."

Hole

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For a person you don't know, a stranger with a lot of place, you think much of him.

Mystery

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In a corner of a neighbor’s land too stony to till Cob makes a mystery.

A Life of My Own - 5

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angels give them names of important people, people under the control of evil demons whose influence must be negated at all cost if humanity is to survive into the future and achieve its ultimate potential.

Invasive Species

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Regret sounds like a rubber band pulled taut, then snapped.

Types of Circus

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When I asked Michelle to marry me, I was a little drunk, but I meant it.

Drummer Boy

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A door slams. The vibrations rattle through the floor, up his legs and into his chest. He can hear the yells, and the tears that mar her voice. Rat-ta-tatRat-ta-tat A door slams. Eyes closed while images of a life he will never live flicker on…

A Woman Who Watches

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She was a beautiful woman. I don't argue with that. I welcome it.

A Life of My Own - 6

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. . . my mind stops idling, kicks back into gear . . .

Cougar

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The creature in the coal

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Heat wavered the air as they sped along the tracks, Cal in nought but a pair of short trousers held up with rope as he fuelled the beast. He'd swayed into a rhythm soon enough that morning, shovelling the dusty black lumps from left to…