Category: fiction
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Radiance
Summer—Cantaloupe and ice cream,Beer and hot dogs dribbling mustard, relish.Swings and sprinklers, kites in the park.Sweat-stained nights—Bare feet andTwilight obsessions,Heavy breaths and heatHe spies and plots his conquest—Supple flesh,Veiled temptress,Summer dreams. Day after day he has watched herthrough her window.And day after dayhe’s planned.… Barbecue,Softball,Watermelon,She hibernates without season,stroking the skin…
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Today’s News
April 1, 2025 A dozen music majors from universities and conservatories across the United States just published the highly anticipated results of their yearly drunken social media challenge to create the most annoying sound in the universe. This year, the music students decided to invite various AI platforms to participate…
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Publication News
I’m taking a break from writing to give a shout-out to the amazing writer, Joan Corwin, whose collection, Hindsight: and other stories, has been published by Serving House Books. Joan’s stories are vibrant, diverse, original, and utterly captivating. This brief teaser from the summary on her website will give you…
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Which came First?
The Emperor and the Egg met through a hole in the stone wall that divided their kingdoms. Though they were neighbors, the two had never met, since all their treaties and trade agreements were conducted by emissaries. Thus, their meeting was a happy accident, as they instantly discovered they had…
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Count on it….
(A commercial sometime in the not-too-distant future) Are you tired of technology? Of apps and programs that keep changing on you? Devices that are designed to become obsolete and infuriatingly expensive and difficult to use? Do you long for simpler times and tools you can understand and operate easily? Cars…
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Nightmare
You’re trying a new restaurant for dinner. A waitress brings you water, a basket of rolls, and a menu and says she’ll be back soon to take your order. When she returns, you tell her you’d like the grilled salmon with lightly steamed asparagus. She makes notes on a pad,…
