Browsing Category Fiction

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    The Joy of Agony

    I am paid every month to be a 72-year-old woman. Though the payment is only on paper, so is her mode of expression. She is, in British parlance, ...

    On June 27, 2020 / By
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    The Paint

    Sitting on a basketball at half-court, Jim is telling the boys the fundamentals of the game. Mason and Jimmy listen intently. Well, as intently as can be expected ...

    On June 21, 2020 / By
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    Sugar on Snow

    Everyone was home for the wake, even those who were tired from sitting with Papa Ned and waiting. He had made them wait so long. The floors in ...

    On June 13, 2020 / By
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    Longing

    Ernie and Sue said nothing as they drove the dark, curving road to the hospital. Sue stared out the window trying to ignore the baby’s cries, but finally ...

    On May 30, 2020 / By
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    Does the Name Blackie Donovan Mean Anything To You?

    There’s this little guy on my porch I’ve never seen before. He’s a caricature of an Irish thug and he’s looking for Mikayla, my daughter, who he accuses ...

    On April 30, 2020 / By
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    Q&A with author Marco Rafalà and an excerpt of How Fires End

    Heartbreaking and haunting, How Fires End is a powerful novel that explores devastating family secrets - who keeps them and why, how and when they will someday be ...

    On April 28, 2020 / By
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    The Novel I Will Never Write: A Screed by Gabe Cohen

    The protagonist of the novel I will never write is kind of like me. Except more articulate. And cleverer. And a bit more handsome. And, if I’m real ...

    On April 17, 2020 / By
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    Hash Pipe

    Now and then, when his face slumps into disappointment, I wonder if I did wrong by both of us, going with him to the prom and all that ...

    On March 31, 2020 / By
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    Hitting the Wall

    The first time Cassandra passed through the wall, she hadn’t meant to.  She had been standing at the edge of a retirement party at the hospital feeling as ...

    On May 5, 2019 / By
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    An Awesome Gap

    Around the corner, the lot opened up and the asphalt smoothed out. The rough patches disappeared and Patrick glided along, gaining speed as he headed for a concrete ...

    On October 7, 2018 / By
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    The Asshole

    He was not a very good person. He was, by many accounts, vile, impolite, crude, inappropriate, ignorant, insensitive, and offensive. He was a gifted asshole, a precocious prick, ...

    On September 28, 2018 / By
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    Eyewitness

    The eyewitness entered. He had no eyes. Unsteadily he made his way through the courtroom, groping the air with his hands. Blood ran from his eye-sockets, blood so ...

    On August 2, 2018 / By