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Ice Cream for Two
“I remember thinking, wow, isn’t this so picturesque, isn’t this so magnificent, isn’t this so exquisite.”
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Sol in the Evening
The sky looked like a bowl of discarded mussel shells. Tom thought this must have been the kind of dusk his grandfather fought and died under.
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In the Glow of this Candle
“It does not matter that Claire in real life, though a remarkably talented singer, is not a songwriter. This Claire is not that Claire, even though they are inextricably linked by more than their names and the name of their current partners.”
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The Bucket
At 99 years old, Poppa is more scowl than man. Death it seems has forgotten about him, letting him linger and decay far past what can be natural. His life, far past being led, is endured and he swears to himself that he’d end it all himself if he found the impossible strength to swallow…
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Metamodernism
“You stare at that tan bag with odd patches and watch the puddle forming around it slowly grow, spreading out across the hardwood floors.”
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Dolores Part III
“Dolores sat and wept in pain until the early hours of the morning. With what strength she had after her shock, she dragged herself across the room, pulling herself through shattered glass from family portraits and the scattered contents of her nightstand drawers.”
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Modern Love
“We went a year without sleeping with one another. The act of speaking was already intimate enough.”
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Dreamscape
“When she dreamt of something, she dreamt of ballet.”
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The Lurker
“I ran away from home because I thought I wasn’t special and my parents were trying to make me special.”