Stories tagged non-fiction

After the Storm

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I watch from the cabin window the death of the sun, hear the howl of the new-born storm.

On a Line from Donald Barthelme or Moments That Would Seem So

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like sitting on a porch

On a Line from Donald Barthelme or Moments That Would Seem So

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like sitting on a porch

Windshield Diamonds

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“There are diamonds everywhere,” I said as you pulled me down the walking path at the zoo. “No, that’s just a shattered windshield,” you corrected me. This many years later, I’m still undecided.

pieces of home

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The Vanes of Foxes

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If you are a fox then I am also a fox.

Review: Tenderoni by Kathy Fish

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"...real people, living in and, most importantly, moving through a recognizable world"

Third World Problems: On Breaking My Kindle in Africa

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I blame the fucking mosquito net.

On Nothing to Write Home About

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I think of you

Conan the Irretrievable

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To the casual observer one movie title is as good as another, right? Well, that's one opinion. But for the fan of Robert E. Howard the title change for the new Conan movie under production by Paradox Entertainment is quite significant. That's because the new title is Conan…

for the queen of lapis lazuli

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you kissed me, once,/ kindergarten, recall--/ behind my ear./ called/ 'bee sting'

15 Minutes of Sordid Fame, Stretched to Infinity: Introducing My Net Stalker, Uri Tenpo (creative non-fiction)

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"Warhol promised us all 15 minutes of fame. Thanks to M., I can feel famous on an almost weekly basis. How wonderful!"

A Body Divided, 1

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"Polio?" people wondered. They asked: "Is that contagious?" Nobody knew. It was 1953. The epidemic raged on. Children in some towns were being made to stay indoors during the polio season for fear that the disease was airborne. It was putting an unnatura

The Longing of the Broken-Hearted

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That summer we met I remember sitting on the screened-in front porch of my house on Illinois Ave. I had just come up from school at downstate Illinois. I remember eating a peach and listening to the sounds in my neighborhood, just listening. The roof of