Category Archives: STORIES

STORIES: Wind

The wind whistles steadily past like a train. Past the garage where I sit in the dark with a cold cup of yesterday’s coffee, smoking a cigarette  I thought I’d given up. I look out at the back yard, brushed … Continue reading

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STORIES: Salvation Santa

Jack leaves for work at seven a.m. He gets coffee at the diner on 6th and East Elm.  He takes it black with two sugars. It keeps him warm and awake. He cannot afford the prices at the trendy coffee … Continue reading

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STORIES: Shoebox

Honestly, my best stories come from a single opening line and today’s just flowed neatly from this: When I was ten, my father handed me a shoebox and told me that in it was a piece of the sky. Just … Continue reading

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STORIES: All start from an opening line

“Maude Nichols found her husband’s gun, loaded it and shot it directly into her left ear because she couldn’t find the remote for the TV. “

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NEW MEDIA: Methods of Communication

While I’m settling into the WordPress format and repairing whatever mistakes I’ve made along the way, I’ve also made up a new home page for the Mac, one I’d set up a long time ago but never got into. Netvibes … Continue reading

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STORIES: From the Days of Toasters and Bluejays and Smoke

Just a brief bit: In less than a minute the man in the grey coat jerks to attention, sweeps a dishrag gaze down the back work counter and settles on the toaster. He sees the shine of electrical tape on … Continue reading Continue reading

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LITERATURE: Blindness – The IF Factor

I've posted on the Interactive possibilities of this story on Hypercompendia, the latest post following a train of thought as the blind escape the fire and the confinement of the building. Continue reading

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REALITY?…or, STORIES: Place

Sometimes your past lies just ahead of you. Because you weren't around, or didn't like it, or maybe you were zonked on drugs or maybe just too busy being someone who you weren't. Continue reading

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STORIES: (No Title Yet)

Bradley Verasovich was one of those kids you just knew would turn out bad. No, he didn't bury kittens in sand up to their head or pull wings off flies; as a matter of fact, there was a short span … Continue reading Continue reading

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HYPERTEXT & STORIES: Form

Out of war come stories, those of horror, those of courage, those of love. My grandmother, as did many grandmothers and grandfathers, repeated them often enough to ensure that their survival served a purpose. They needed to show the evil … Continue reading Continue reading

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STORIES: Imagery

A hawk, colored pink by a rising sun, circles a still-grumpy sky that reluctantly gives up its clouds to southern winds. Continue reading

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STORIES: Somewhere in Old Europe…

…I’ve been led into the lives of an old man and for two days he’s bothered me with a need to tell me things: But as her face came to his mind he shuddered, frowned, and gathered his saliva in … Continue reading Continue reading

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STORIES & WRITING: Immortality – Hearing Voices

I’ve no idea where this is coming from, but Poe has left me and somehow a Chekov wannabe had moved into his room: As he traveled he realized that birdsong followed, had been following him for a while.  He stopped … Continue reading Continue reading

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STORIES (or) POETRY: Immortality (Ongoing)

The farther that he fell from God the greater grew the need to tell a world he knew that didn’t know that he’d once woven wreaths from grapevine, pressed the fruit into a wine.  No one cared, he knew, of … Continue reading Continue reading

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STORIES: Ideas

A friend commented on a post at Spinning about aging in that the prose should be turned into a poem.  I agree that I can take this off-the-cuff post further, but I think what I’d like to do with it … Continue reading Continue reading

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