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Life Line

January 20, 2008 in 299 Words, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Health, Humor, Life, Love, Marriage, Memory, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: , , , , , | by | 12 comments

—Do you plan to tell the doctor all my secrets?
—She won’t be testing for secrets.
—Suppose I tell her yours?
—You don’t remember them.
—That’s not fair.
—No.
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Bobcat in a Box

January 18, 2008 in 299 Words, Art, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Memory, Separation, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , | by | 7 comments

Life may be short but forgetting takes forever, especially when they leave something behind. It’ll be four years now since Bob walked out with nowhere in particular to go, just trying to make distance from me. 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…

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    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…