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Commencement Speech
July 3, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Advice, Apocalypse, Dystopia, Performance, Speech | by davidbdale | 11 comments
I look out over these rows of eager faces turned toward me with self-assurance, not one brow wrinkled, eyes bright with confidence in the rosy dawn of tomorrow’s inexhaustible sun and it reminds me of a joke. Read the rest of this entry »
Interrogation A
June 30, 2007 in 299 Words, Confession, Crime, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Murder, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Betrayal, Child, Confess, Crime, Father, Murder | by davidbdale | 7 comments
The light is good in Interrogation A. Not so bright I can’t think. And it doesn’t buzz like those godawful fluorescents in B that made it so hard to remember the truth. I’ve been here since yesterday. They’re starting to like me. Read the rest of this entry »
Very Short Novels 