Etiqueta: a short story
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The only freedom you have in this life stands in the level of importance you place on by Bogdan Dragos
Last time I saw him it was I think six days ago not exactly a full weak He was down bad and that’s putting it mildly His tragedy was the tragedy of so many others Wife left and took the kid with her Nothing new under the sun What is…
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Carving by KJ Hannah Greenberg
I tossed a wooden block-mounted linoleum sheet from hand to hand as I shook my head. I was over thirty, a sniper in an elite corps, and engaged to be married. Yet, for whatever reason, my mother had bought me a set of lino chunks, “U” and “V” gouges, a…
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Ababeel by Mehreen Ahmed
I was here in the spirit when prayers ignited hope and optimism within me that my sister was performing Hajj, not mockery. I’d asked her to pray for my family. To pray for the impossible, to pray to fix a difficult relationship, at breaking point. She called me from Mecca…
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WHAT REMAINS by Mike Steeden
There’s a song buzzing in my heada melancholy ringbut I know you’ll never listento this pawn who would be KingI sense you couldn’t care lessbut I’ll say it all the sameI’ll tell you what I’m thinkingdon’t hate the player; hate the gameI’ve seen the cat that got the creamand the…
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READING A STORY ABOUT THE BLACK SEA by Nina Kossman
Translated from the Russian by NL Herzenberg When my students are seated, I give out copies of my book and tell that they’ll have to share their copy with their neighbor. “This book is about my childhood. Today we’ll be reading a story about my childhood. Read the name on…
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The loneliness of a broken heart by Luisa Zambrotta
Are You Lonesome Tonight? Are you lonesome tonight,Do you miss me tonight?Are you sorry we drifted apart?Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me…
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What Happened to the Country by Jeff Friedman
Some say the president declared the country his and took it home. Some say the country was wild turkeys waddling under the blind blue sky, deer leaping into the foliage, but hunters dispatched them into the next world. Some say that even though hundreds of trucks cranked their winches, the…
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how do you truly win in life? by Bogdan Dragos
All this time spent struggling against dreams a goddamned lifetime He’d fall asleep and the darkness that fell around him would manifest as one being that would hold him tight in her embrace and bite at random from his flesh and tear until there’d be nothing left but pure pain…
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