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Flash Fiction Fridays: Street Lights
“I’ve got a knife, you motherfucker, and I ain’t afraid to use it!” I’m lying on a 17th-century Isfahan Persian rug. I only know that because he told…
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Why Not? Wednesdays
for Nov 15, 2023
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Roman à clef
She's not who you think she is.
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My Friend, the Sin Eater
Meridith didn’t choose this work. It’s not why she travels.
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Glass Houses
"Glass Houses" I scribbled the note into the book margin. The margin of the book I wasn't reading. I mean, who can read books with such drama streaming…
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They call him the Breeze
While the other kids dissected frogs in Mr. Swinford’s 10th Grade Biology class, slicing the little critters open and dismembering them bit by bit…
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Marginalia
Why you should practice copy-catting.
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For Heather
I hope I don't embarrass you this weekend, Sweetheart.
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The Die Is Cast
If you want to be an author, writing isn't enough. You've got to publish—a lot.
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So about that book…
Telling the truth is hard for a liar. You really have no idea.
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Amy is Missing
And you owe it to yourself to find her.
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What good are you in the world?
It’s only a headline, right?
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Moksha
No matter where you go, there you are.
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