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A Pile Up of Boys
The secretaries behind the sliding-glass panels of their office space watched us with sidelong glances as they went about their business. I guessed...
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How Harper Lee helped me to gain admission to Harvard's Creative Writing MFA
‘The only time I ever came close to Jesus was the calm after her orgasm.’ This was the first line in my portfolio of stories. During lockdown, I...
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Kisngalria 4
Wooden sawhorses blocked the road at the end of the lot. Trams could no longer climb the hill because of ice and snow. Traffic diverted to the...
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Kisngalria 3
Two stringy young men appeared at the lip of hill at the beach. They dressed in shiny clothes, like the missionary woman, whose ragged breathing made...
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Kinsalgaria 2
Kisngalria still carried the sockeyed salmon, even though it had begun to stink. He passed the old graveyard and continued down the sand dunes. He...
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true norh n my ways And that
Posted on Fri, 04 Aug 2023
true norh n my ways And that's praise.
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I was saying much the same
Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2023
I was saying much the same thiing today. Kids, a while back, jumping on a bouncy castle. It wasn't that I noticed. It was the snacks left melting in the sun. All kinds of chocolate and sweets adn sugary juice. In our day it would have been the...
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second life is no life. But I
Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2023
second life is no life. But I guess people do opt out for various reasons. When we lose our memories we lose ourselves. That's why dementia is such a dreadful, perhaps the worst, disease.
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you've a creative eye, under
Posted on Wed, 02 Aug 2023
you've a creative eye, under the spring sky, jenny.
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we've all got a Rebekkha.
Posted on Sat, 29 Jul 2023
we've all got a Rebekkha. Miine was Pauline Moriarity. Wow. she was a wow. Maybe she still is. I was never a wow. Beautifully done.
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poetry rains in torrents.
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
poetry rains in torrents. indeed Jenny it does.
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nicely done. sometimes it's
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
nicely done. sometimes it's better to be nice than to be correct.
Read full commentPosted in Rakia Maria – Part Two of Two
Great story. I've not doubt
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2023
Great story. I've not doubt Raika Maria will turn out to be a witch Better collect the bonfire.
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crows and snakes are those
Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2023
crows and snakes are those creatures we attribut murder to, but it's really us, as you show, as you know.
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El D was electirc soup. Then
Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2023
El D was electirc soup. Then there was Langlec. Never tasted it, but it made El D look like a sissy drink. Some pubs sold it in half pints.
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