Stories tagged short-story

The Light at the End of You

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I'm reading your remains.

For all we know, we'll never meet again...

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Jillian speeds across the stone wall, the hem of her dress flaps violently behind her. Sometimes she stands with her back fully erect letting perpetual motion guide her down a bend with her sun blonde locks brightening the dreary sky, or she lurches her

Collapsible Horizon

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Mama sleeps in bed with us. The blue of her ghost sleeps underneath me. I love her more than anything. What does she think when we are naked, when we yell, or mimic, imbibe, curse, cry, shake, make love, roll over on her, want to die?

No One

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No One The city he abandoned lies below him. It's been years, so many tears. He admires the remains of the White City, The Shed, rooted ahead. He jaunts through Roosevelt Train station, hassled by the acrid stench pollinating the area. I…

Flamboozled in the Beak

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I was looking for an inn to get a cup of calf soup before jacking ribs at the mutton joint. Feng calls, running numbers on an engine zone out in the valley.

Lizard Back

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The lizard is like wearing wings on my back, makes me fly like a dragon in my dreams, which I have all day long, while looking at you, talking to you, right now, having dreams in some part of my head. I'd like to stick out my tongue and lick the part of m

Alligator

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Antonio and Zeca met on the black and white pavement by Ipanema beach, a few days before Christmas. Zeca had flown in from London that morning. He came back regularly to Rio de Janeiro, often with his wife and kids, but he hadn’t experienced a Carioca sum

Presage

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I am calling to tell you what’s going to happen tomorrow.

Swaying on This Articulation Until We Slow

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In Nebraska, I looked up from the flatness, to her face, then down to the page and saw this: Real people have joy.

Fall

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You fall with your eyes closed because otherwise you wouldn't dare.

The Sun

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“Would you scratch my foot again? These wool socks make me itchy.” “What about biting your tongue?” The grandfather smiled. “I only do that when my feet-scratchers aren’t around.”

Toad On Fire

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“I would like to keep my head, at least for a few more nights. Didn't you say we were gonna have sex one of these days? Isn't that in the manual?”

The Unknown

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Carlos gripped the wooden handle of the shovel he was leaning on as he tiredly gazed west. He looked at the jagged blue mountains that climbed desperately towards the sun. It looked as though the sun was trying to kiss the peak of those…

Exits

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Katrina looked like a lot of girls that Daniel was embarrassed to be attracted to.The first time she knocked on his door he had been waiting for a real estate agent, sitting in the overstuffed leather chair his wife hated.

Full House Falls, Drops a Flush: A Half-Real Memory and Just a Story

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South Car­olina says he's quit smok­ing. He says he only smokes when he's alone or with other peo­ple.