I managed to finish a writing project that has lingered for around ten years. The working title was K Street Stories, but the final title will be Hard Ground. This is a series of five short stories based on people I came across while working in Downtown Sacramento. There are connections ...
which is packed full of extraordinary stories, poems, lyrics and illustrations from both established and emerging Australian writers and illustrators. (By the way, this is very much an adult book, not
The students from both groups sat at the tables around them adding to the stories and have their own chats. Most of the students were discussing the fireworks from the night before. Last night the base had lost power and was running on backup supply for the last several hours. Linda looked...
drinking a mug of Nescafe, relaxing before easing into the day’s work, ruined. He often daydreamed about the night he met the love of his life. Three years before, he had fallen head over heels with a gorgeous and vivacious nightclub hostess; they dated for the rest of his holiday, t...
Stories of life in the days when Calico was booming were collected by Alice Salisbury, from women who had lived in the colorful camp, and printed in the Barstow Printer-Review. Here are some of the memories that Mrs. Salisbury preserved: ...
Then he visited the neighboring farms, toiling through the muddy land, so exhausted that he could hardly raise his crutches from the ground. He met with the same reception everywhere. It was one of those cold, bleak days, when the heart is frozen and the temper irritable, and hands do no...
SHORT STORIES YOU LEFT ME CRYING first girl i ever loved was everything taught me to whistle and she made me sing i’ve never been the kind to shout aloud but something about her made me strong and proud. i don’t know how it ended it’s been too long ...
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His telling of history was full of stories that made the past come alive; sitting in his lectures she had dreamed of becoming a historian, or perhaps making a grand contribution to history. He had been one of her favorite teachers, and certainly the most handsome. Now he looked gauntly ...