Category: Fiction

STAY FOR GRANDMA

In a dark kitchen, bread crumbs, ghosts, and gooseberries.

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Partir C’est Mourir un Peu

“Her grandmother had taken her to a psychiatrist once. She was seven years old at the time, and it had been the first Monday of the school year.”

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A Man is Defined by his Actions

Having finally made his decision after weeks of deliberation, including long sessions of pacing, breaking into sprawling, silent walks from his apartment to the piers to the bridge to the square and then back, all the while considering implications and … Read More

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If a Princeton Student Transferred Schools but Kept the Princeton Ego

Speculative fiction with a dash of entitlement.

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GREG SIMONS HATES HIS SON

One man can pinpoint the moment his life went to shit.

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Before, Maury

Philadelphia, 1962. “Dirty beatnik,” he muttered under his breath. Maurice Povich sat with his roommate on the balcony outside his dorm at the University of Pennsylvania. It was the night before graduation, and Al decided to light up a joint. … Read More

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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 … Read More

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Homecoming, Pinellas County, Florida

Fiction, and a little airport anxiety.

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Will Be Gone

In this fiction piece, a daughter navigates her family’s grief and theater production after the death of her brother.

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Best Picture

They screened Oscar pictures in the smallest, oldest theater with its carved wooden balcony, velvet curtains, a stage pockmarked by dancers’ feet.

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Fuzzhead

“The very first thing he felt was a dulled twinge of fear that breathing seemed to take so much exceptional effort, but even that was killed off very quickly.”

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Something Different

Bear is late to his Standard Evening Meetup with Rabbit, a Samovar, and the Stars

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