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TBT #100: The Forevermen

This is something positive! Like carnivals with cotton candy served not with contempt but with colloquial capriciousness, it’s all conveniently characteristic of something positive. That’s the way the world is today, True Believer, as Foreverman has finally defeated evil! That’s right, the villains have all been vanquished thanks to the vastitude of our valiant hero, [...]

2006

Jul

Posted by Matt at 11:23 pm
7 Comments published
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TBT #99: Dedication

Courtney slouches in her chair, drinks coffee from a styrofoam cup in short sips, peering through wide-rimmed glasses at three words on her computer screen. She works in a tiny office with stark white walls and deep blue carpet that feels like fuzzy concrete. She doesn’t decorate much, her desk is covered in papers and [...]

2006

Jul

Posted by Matt at 11:40 pm
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TBT #96: Little Secret Earthquakes

It was soon after he dropped the plate that she stood in the centre of the kitchen and said the words that changed his life. The plate didn’t break; it only cracked. That’s the sure sign of a well-made dish. Tags:fiction sad short fiction stories about love the best things

2006

Jun

Posted by Matt at 12:05 am
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Ideally, Part III

I am a cliché standing in the rain. My cell phone battery died when the thunder started. I pulled off the highway with thick white hail pounding on the hood of my car, the windshield whipers whining against the glass. The world made a sound like drums. Finally, I thought, I get to give up. I [...]

2006

May