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PWB: In the Neighborhood: The Central Municipal Beer Authority
Here are few not-too-onerous PWB rulesDo not “Troll” the Pootie Peeps Diaries. If you don’t like animal diaries, there’s no need to tell us about it. Just go find some other diary more to your...
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Snowite, RozRed, BriarBron, CinderBlaq, TomoeTan, PunzlBlond, GaiaGreen,...
“She’s almost here.” Roz nudged Bri awake. Bri crawled out of her arctic-grade sleepbag, yawned and looked around. “Where? I don’t see anything.” Sipping coffee, Roz pointed pole-ward into the...
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Pete Gura’s last patience ran out the day half the corn bogged down in floodwater the fifth year in a row. It’d been still okay late that afternoon when he came past, driving the bulldozer home...
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Contemporary Fiction Views: Women seeking to be their best true selves
A woman whose retired father keeps calling her and whose marriage ended some time ago, although the divorce hasn't happened, is distracted from trying to build an artwork involving rare plants in a...
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Any new work from Jess Walter is a cause for celebration. When it's a new collection of short stories, such as The Angel of Rome, every story is reason to celebrate. (I don't know about you, but right...
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Contemporary Fiction Views: Who are we?
Who are we, really? Are we destined to bear the dreams and sins of our families, of our home countries, of our newly adopted homelands? Are we worthy of happiness? What is a facade and what is...
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Contemporary Fiction Views: What it means to be human and to be heard
Three beings are attached to a wall, programmed to Speak as the head of the house (their owner?) programs them to Speak. He controls the topic, the tone, the pace, the vision. The trio practice to...
View ArticleContemporary Fiction Views: Atwood on the times of a woman's life
At the age of 83, Margaret Atwood has experienced most phases of being a girl and a woman in modern society. She brings the wisdom gained from these phases in her latest story collection, Old Babes in...
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Jenny’s Gifts: A fairytale in Glasgow, 2023
Jenny’s Gifts A fairytale in Glasgow, 2023The first one wasn’t made accidentally. No, Jenny meant to crochet a wee toy for the new baby, the wean that was so soft and tender. Babies like shiny things,...
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Contemporary Fiction Views: Striving toward truth in a debut story collection
Of course I remember you.You were born on one of those days where the sky won't break apart for the rain, where the sky won't break apart from the sun. .."No, you need to know that you were born on a...
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