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"Stop. Someone will hear." "Huh?" "I can hear you. Someone else could hear you too." "We're praying. Someone is supposed to hear us." "But, that's not the way it works." "We're saying prayers. Everyone prays." "Not everyone prays." "Everyone here. We're in church." “But we’re praying for something in particular. A favor.” “Yeah. And?” “Some prayers, you know the ones that everyone knows… It’s okay to hear those.” “Which ones.‘” “I don’t know.” “You don’t know the prayers that ‘everyone knows... Read Full Story
1.1a The seven words that ruined my life: 1.1b “She is madly in love with you” 2.1a Here’s the thing: 2.1b I want, you want, he wants, she wants 2.1c we want, you want, they want 2.1d But 3.1a Keeping in mind: 3.1b timing 3.1c if not now, when? 3.1d come back later, maybe next week 4.1a Leaving Room: 4.1b for negotiation 4.1c for give and take 4.1d for deniability 4.2a Making allowances for the inevitable losing streak 5.1a Everyone involved has: 5.1b a sporting chance 5.1c secrets 5.1d the... Read Full Story
8 - E erie threads of fabric I ncense on the tide G ossip in the crawlspace H alf-lives that divide T he highway. A tourniquet of eights. Read Full Story
I have a poem, May 25, 2009, up on The Big Table . . . a place for uncute stories. Many thanks to Cortney McLellan for publishing it in the Spring 2009 issue. Read Full Story
The dress fit Julie like a tattoo. She sat at the edge of the sofa. Gary's sofa. Gary's living room. Gary. The only light came through the curtains from a streetlight a half-a-block away. She smoothed the front of her dress with her hands. She tugged a little at the hem and it rode a bit higher on her leg, almost defying decency. "Nothing could be further from the truth," Gary said. "It's never meant anything at all. I was hurting, am hurting, I needed reassurance that she'd, you'd... Read Full Story
About the Book:
When Jamie and Nuala Gardner chose a puppy for their autistic child Dale, they weren’t an ordinary family choosing an ordinary pet. Dale’s autism was so severe that the smallest deviation from his routine could provoke a terrifying tantrum. Their family life was almost destroyed by his condition. His parents were consumed [...] Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Fiction Views". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story
Pick a medical condition you have (or have had), and rough out a character or story where that illness plays a humorous element. Note: The idea here isn’t to make fun of people who are ill, but to challenge us to look at things from a different point of view. She was bored and living in Dallas when she invited her grandmother to move in with the cat--Lee Harvey. Sherry P. quickly developed a case of asthma and discovered that something that she’d always just taken for granted--b r e a t h i... Read Full Story
