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RIP, Mom, this life was not for you

My greatest teacher died the other day, at age 91. For the last 34 years of her life — since retirement — Mom became increasingly angry and bitter. Her disdain…

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March 20, 2018
fiction, Flash Fiction, Uncategorized, writing

When Is a Short Story Short Enough?

Trigger warning: This post has a lot of words about writing of few words. I had no desire to write mega maxi micro fiction. Lately, I find myself doing just…

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January 18, 2022
fiction, Life, Life as we know it, literary magazines, Lowestoft Chronicle, relationships, techno tattle, Travel

Technology justifies itself after the criminal fact

Ahh, the poor, hapless tigress, blinded by the pursuit of her prey. Confident, yes, that she has executed the perfect crime. Done in, as it happens, by the ubiquitous technology…

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December 2, 2024

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    Waiting on a shaky premise for the garbage man to come

    chiselch / December 31, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Streaks of apricot light dance above the eastern horizon, a band plays somewhere down below, and fireworks pock the Oaxaca dawn as I haul the garbage can down free-form concrete pavement one block…

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