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Basement Cat
Grandpa said: When I was a young man I lived in the city, in one apartment or another. Once I ...
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Lady Wilhelmina’s Tale
As some of you know, I am a metropolitan sophisticate disguised temporarily as a rustic hayseed. The town I live ...
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Tales of Old Chinatown (II)
Not long ago, I watched a production of Ionesco’s play, ‘The Bald Soprano’ on Youtube. This is a classic example ...
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The Forest of M.
All the things that are happening now – the pandemic, the war in Syria, bush fires in Australia, Brexit, the ...
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The Portal
Subject: Day 19 of 2nd region wide ‘recalibrated’ lockdown
[unspecified frequencies]
Time started: 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Location: West of the Capital He left ...
[unspecified frequencies]
Time started: 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Location: West of the Capital He left ...
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Regard Everything as a Dream
Ernesto sat across from his wife, Maria, on the balcony of their apartment in Rome, sipping wine. In spite of ...
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Post Hanc…
This story is a slightly fictionalized, but nonetheless, highly accurate account of a conversation that occurred between myself and a ...
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Nabokov id. 19
They’d been watching Kinton a while: he seemed distracted but distracted in a way that suggested he was listening as ...
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Lost Loves Night at Sara’s Virtual Wine Club
Sara went next. She twirled the Merlot in her glass for a moment, then leaned in toward her web cam: ...
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The Expat’s Tale
Rosenkrantz and Gildenstern are chatting over Skype. “Hey, I just got an email from my cousin Don.” “Which one’s that?” ...
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The Story of the Goat
Wherein it is shown that patience might be a virtue, were we to wait long enough to find out. When, ...
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Holy Ground
The holiday of Passover, marked by Jews across the world on the evening of the first full moon following the ...
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And Watch It Burn
Under the dome enclosing their perch high above the city, the storytellers sat in silence. Multi-colored facets caught the lowering ...
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Quarantine Dreams
Steel yourself for a year indoors. Haunted but not hunted; banging on the windows to let everyone know you're home ...