The end result felt new, but as lived-in as a broken-in boot. No single part sounded invented, and there was no evidence of emotional manipulation or stylistic fancy-dancing—no key changes,
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2020 in Review: Stories
My focus on micro-fiction this last year yielded some interesting learnings about word economy (I edited a 5,000-word story down to 100), and the many ways in which intention and
Continue reading[FICTION] Rolling (X-R-A-Y Lit)
And those bizarre entities—yes, there were creatures down there! But as organisms go, they were barely alive, in the sense that he understood ‘alive’ to be. And the exact shapes
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