Etiqueta: a short stories
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BABY, DON’T BE SO SURPRISED | Lê Vĩnh Tài
Image: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Thơ Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm we love each other as though we are criminals, chained up by the whispers of our heart, the only consolation is our last resting place, a bed or a hole in the ground, by the grace…
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Easter Chick by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
Wound up from the sugary Peeps in her basket, searching for Easter eggs, Mandy grabbed the pastel shades of purple, pink, yellow, orange, and blue plus G.I. Joe green. Running to the porch to share her treasures, her eyes opened wide at the live chick in a box. «Is this…
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Febr. 18, 1294: Kublai Khan’s death by Luisa Zambrotta
Kublai Khan (September 23, 1215 – February 18, 1294) was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire. He was proclaimed Khagan in Shangdu in 1260, and reigned as the first Yuan emperor until his death in 1294.Shangdu (also known as Xanadu), was the capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan…
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Hemingway table.. by John Coyote
I found Hemingway table in Paris, in the Spring of 1978. I found Hemingway table in Monterey, California in 1992. I searched Central and South America for three years, seeking the places Hemingway loved. I dreamed of visiting Cuba. I want to stand where he wrote his great novels. I…
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«we’re losing him!» by Bogdan Dragos
he dozed off into the warm sun with the shade at his head but not touching him It was her hand that touched him Caressed his curly hair The girl from the shade The girl who whistled those wholesome tunes while holding a child in her arms and breastfeeding The…
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Life of Crime by Gerald Yelle
One thing I came up with that saved a lot of grief, so I became a sort of hero for a minute: I put the baby in the trunk, wrapped her in blankets so she wouldn’t get tossed around corners or when I slammed on the brakes. Otherwise someone had…
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Banished by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
She was lost as to why he carried her outside. Clothed, scantily, sheer model’s robe, hands pressing to the window, the one he gazed from for inspiration. Why couldn’t he see her? Lost in the in-between, after he placed her in the shallow grave, after rinsing his bloody pallet knife.
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M. de La Palice (1470 – 24 February 1525)
“LAPALISSIAN” Monsieur de la Palisse est mortEst mort devant PavieUn quart d’heure avant sa mort,Il était encore en vie. (*) On 24 February 1525 Jacques de La Palice, a French nobleman and military officer died during the battle of Pavia, while fighting as a Marshal under Francis I.That battle, fought on…
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should’ve been a poet by Bogdan Dragos
It’s definitely not an easy feeling to hold in the heart Especially not when you’re at your wedding and your bride is the most beautiful jewel in the treasure chest, as he’d put it It was a poetic expression that brought tears in her eyes and drew romantic sighs from…
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HER NEEDLEWORK | Lê Vĩnh Tài
A Short Story in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm You can see it right, the drooping autumn leaves, on the branches falling to the ground, nourishing the earth, she said. And the truth is each time around Tết the tropical almond tree would shed its…
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Traffic Ticket by Nolcha Fox
Excuse me, Judge. Judge? Can I have just a moment of your time? Look at this traffic ticket. Is it not the strangest thing you’ve ever seen? Good, you agree. Do you think I should pay for it? Oh no, I wouldn’t go to traffic school. I wasn’t the one…
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Landru by Luisa Zambrotta
Henri Désiré Landru (April 12, 1869 – February 25, 1922) was a French multiple killer and real-life “Bluebeard”. During World War I, Landru started to contact Parisian women through newspaper ads published in the lonely hearts sections. They usually read: “Widower with two children, aged 43, with comfortable income, serious…
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Saving Dad by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
Staggering, Foster grasped the handle, yanking, Sliding his belly under the wheel, grabbing the interlock, blowing, waiting, passing out. Foster’s daughter sighed as she bailed her father out of his car. On the drive home she said, “Money well spent saving dad. It’s great to keep him around.” Photo Sources…
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some junkies are worse than others by Bogdan Dragos
she started by completing a list of one thousand and one things to be grateful for then she prayed and thanked the universe for the things that were to come Then she meditated for one hour with her palms spread up to receive the blessings of the universe then she…
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‘C’EST LA VIE’ by Mike Steeden
‘My name I shall not say for no other reason than it would be suicide for my confidante. In our game titles meant death, and besides, I loved her…still do. That said I have a story to tell that changed my life until the end of time. Enjoy if you…
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Crosshairs by Paul Tristram
A sign of the times, indeed … decent people keep their ‘True Intentions’ to themselves… pure ‘Hearts’ secreted behind Boundary Walls. Whilst, the predators, playas, and toxic folk … mask ‘Sunshine’, best friend ‘Smiles’ and fake ‘Sincerity’… to Venus Flytrap ‘Souls’. Everything has become back-to-front, and complicated… ‘Trust’ takes Openness…
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