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The Rest of the Story

February 27, 2010 in 299 Words, Confession, Crime, Death, Drug Abuse, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Health, Illness, Literature, novels, Prison, Short stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: | by | 6 comments

Grammar and my own impatience landed me in jail. If I had only turned the page, I would have seen my healthy ex-fiancee smiling for the camera on the day of her promotion, very much alive in the finance section. Read the rest of this entry »

The Wanting Sea

February 13, 2010 in 299 Words, Childhood, Fiction, Flash Fiction, novels, Sex, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: | by | 14 comments

So, this is the ocean, I thought. The poets call it everything but what it is, poison from here to the horizon. My girlfriends in their candy colored bikinis ran ahead to the pier. Read the rest of this entry »

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    This Novel is a close relative of The Question from more than 25 years ago. I've edited it substantially and…

  2. davidbdale's avatar

    Thank you so much, anhinga. This story, written 20 years ago, seems prophetic now. —David

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    "The town we all grew up in has been gone so long! We never thought its undertow could be so strong."…

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    This Very Short Novel is a close relative of Monkey at the Piano from almost 20 years ago. I'm certain…

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    So glad to hear it, anhinga! I returned to your site for your entertaining backgrounder on the nature of the…