Cherrypicked stories
Love hurts
Can anyone think of a better title&;#063;
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- 686 reads
The Grand Two Bit Ballroom
I dropped the invitation on the floor beside my chair. I had examined it carefully every evening for nine days. It was getting dirty from the floor...
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- 1849 reads
Web (Charlotte's)
My encounter with an autisic child leaves me humbled.
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- 781 reads
Flinch
"Would you let it inside your head&;#063;"
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- 755 reads
Sacramento
My sister and I could not be put down on the afternoon in 1978 when our parents took us to visit our great aunt at a retirement community in...
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- 638 reads
Koh Lipe
Wearily, smilingly, your dusty hands pass me another lychee and rest back on your feet. You take another sip of your Chang. This is a
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- 1270 reads
Misunderstanding
After the discovery of bomb-making materials at a nearby bar, the friendly bartender who is also our neighbor was taken in for questioning and held...
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- 647 reads
False Universal
A man from Fort Greene was interviewed today for your position. He is an excellent candidate. He told me he liked the idea of working here and, as he...
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- 654 reads
Exclusion
The court documents revealed that throughout the trial the defendant, a prominent historian at the University of Minnesota, had fixated on the slang...
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- 657 reads
Wardour Street
Soho streets , strewn with prayer.
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- 1880 reads
Oracle at the Adelphi
A somewhat supernatural story based on incidents from my boyhood in Ireland
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- 1129 reads
Two trees
A joyful moment in my new home
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- 1409 reads
Valentine
" I love you," he said softly. "I know," " What can I do?" he asked "You can't do anything." The man looked up at the sky in despair. " I would...
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- 864 reads
Camden cemetry
copy to accompany a photo of graves at dawn in Camden Cemetry
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- 1278 reads
Thoughts of Birmingham
Missing Home...
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- 856 reads
Lifeforms
Deep in the Earth they brooded in silence. Watching the city like we watch the TV. Laughing at our funny moments and crying at the tragedies...
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- 933 reads
Glass flowers
For John...I see you running in my dreams, whever you are, save a painting for me...
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- 980 reads
Thief of Hearts
I saw your picture and read the words which you wrote ...then suddenly my heart began to float adrift on a slow boat to Fantasyland You struck a...
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- 585 reads