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Surprise Ending
August 31, 2007 in 299 Words, Cinema, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Refugee, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, War, Writing | Tags: Child, Isolation, Movie, Orphan, Parent, Refugee, War, Yearning | by davidbdale | 11 comments
I’ve seen this movie fifty-nine times, but that’s not why it knows me. It’s set in a country that’s not my own, at a time I can only imagine. Mysterious things happen to families unlike families I know—still mysterious on a sixtieth viewing, though I know everything that will happen, and when, and every line. Read the rest of this entry »
Father Figure
August 28, 2007 in 299 Words, Fable, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Patricide, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Child, Fable, Father, Murder, Myth | by davidbdale | 12 comments
He sits in a chair of his own design, hewn from local timber. Arms laid like lumber on the armrests, trunk immobile, head erect, eyes at rest, he sees and judges who passes before him. Mostly, that’s us. Read the rest of this entry »
Very Short Novels 