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Elephant by Jim Breslin

Friday, August 20, 2010
Elephant by Jim Breslin

You had no idea it would be so massive. Intrusive. »

Soldiers Part II by Kenneth Radu

Thursday, August 19, 2010
Soldiers Part II by Kenneth Radu

This January... had been lightened by… a unique friendship? a new kind of love? »

The Waterfall by Ally Malinenko

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Falling is fast, and pretty easy. You don’t really do much. »

A Pompous Trophy Tells his Story in the Third Person by Rebecca Anne Renner

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The taxidermist's eldest son's in jail. The stag's eldest son was stew. »

Baggage by Dan Powell

Monday, August 16, 2010

Sometimes parts of you are better off in a bag. »

The Hill of Crosses by James Greer

Saturday, August 14, 2010

What I would like to do is throw a pebble all the way from here into the valley. It is 1,283 meters below me. It is the year 1224. These numbers cannot be coincidence. I have just under 1,300 friends on Facebook. Again: really? »

The Office of Mathematical Subjects by Oscar Varona

Friday, August 13, 2010

This is not my life's work, though it’s very probable that I will finish my days here. »

Soldiers Part I by Kenneth Radu

Thursday, August 12, 2010

The boy was a reservist, a soldier-in-training. »

The Treachery of Dreams by Samuel Peralta

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Still green, the apple contemplates the man. Le fils de l'homme, il contemple la pomme. »

Socks by Gay Degani

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

How many infernos could come from one oak? »

10 Unofficial Jobs Jake Baker has Never Got Paid For, Part III by Jules Archer

Monday, August 9, 2010

“There are two things you don't get sentimental about in life when it gets old and you give it away . . .  a car and a woman.” »

Back in the Shower by George LaCas

Friday, August 6, 2010

The shower smelled like formaldehyde and Lady Speed Stick. »

How to be a Writer Part II by Kirsty Logan

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Now your face is on magazine covers. Not proper magazines, of course; not ones that members of the public read. But ones for writers, ones only writers read, ones full of articles on how others can do what you have done, though somewhat differently. »

From the Notebook of John T. Cacciopo by Rebecca Coffey

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Even cockroaches develop psychological problems if they are denied a normal social life. »

Early Dispatch planes Remonstrance by Heller Levinson

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Go this way, and that way,  and this way, and that way. »