Tag: stories
member name: Charles Lennox
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July 24, 2007 04:28 PM EDT --
First Kiss Lips
In the town next to mine lives a girl who still has the lips of the first boy she kissed.
The kiss took place after school, and pressing their lips together was a sparkling storm . . . more
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May 05, 2006 01:43 AM EDT --
This town is full of Nobody's.
One day, a Somebody arrives. All the Nobody's follow him, craving him intimately and delicately. A Nobody, tired of the Nobody life, licks him. Like honey. They . . . more
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August 04, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
The picture did the son no good. But the name.
Two prostitutes knew the man he was looking for. By the wharf, one said. No good nothing, the other said.
Abandoned industrial building. The man lay under . . . more
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January 05, 2007 03:30 PM EST --
My Christmas wish list included, among other wants, three books, all short story collections, two written by a single author – Etgar Keret and Haruki Murakami, if you have an inquiring mind – . . . more
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May 09, 2007 12:53 PM EDT --
Congratulations!
Congratulations! You are the 1,000,000th visitor to this article which means by simply clicking on this ad you will become eligible to receive a special prize in a box professionally . . . more
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June 21, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
Sandy is an octopus and not. She was born with seven arms, and in the eyes of the cephalopod world this fact alone disqualifies her from being considered a true octopus. (After all, only males . . . more
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June 28, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
"What's taking so long?"
That's me, waiting my turn in this bum human line of depressed and weary souls in this bum and godforsaken drugstore. I look back and there are ten faces, . . . more
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April 16, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
Beginning back in May 2004 and ending a little over a year later, Dave Eggers published short short stories for Guardian Weekend Magazine every week - a project I only recently stumbled upon several . . . more
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September 01, 2006 11:18 AM EDT --
I'm in the fiction section when I hear something clang and roll across the floor. My eyes follow the sound and there, at the foot of the bookcase, on its side, is a wedding band. I check my left hand . . . more
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January 24, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
There's this girl Barry thinks he's falling in love with, which means soon, probably in a day or two, he'll feel compelled to tell her about his foot. He will bring it up in the middle . . . more
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June 19, 2007 02:25 AM EDT --
No one in the office was able to work that fateful day. The workers sat motionless and erect in black and gray office chairs, fingers hovering a breath above their keyboard keys. Everyone quiet save here . . . more
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March 05, 2007 11:42 AM EST --
The Allergic Reaction
She’s beautiful, this girl, Donna is her name, and I keep eye contact despite the sharp headache it causes, twisting behind my right eyeball. I refuse to look . . . more
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May 16, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
For the moment, Wigleaf has their top fifty short fiction picks of 2008 on their website. The usual suspects are all here: Kim Chinquee , Claudia Smith , Darlin' Neal, and Kathy . . . more
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July 21, 2008 01:25 AM EDT --
Boy, it's been a little while since I could say this...
I have fiction forthcoming in Right Hand Pointing magazine. Not sure which issue I'll be in just yet, but I'll be posting another . . . more
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August 31, 2006 02:54 PM EDT --
Many bombs that day.
A bicycle bomb in a market kills my oldest and his two sisters. A suicide bomber in a building and my other son, with an education, has no arm. A road side bomb peels apart my husband . . . more
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February 02, 2007 09:40 AM EST --
Charles Lennox
February Fiction (In 100 Words Or Less)
2/02/07
This happens quickly (think of a camera’s flash, that’s how fast it is): A woman walks by, heading the . . . more
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February 05, 2007 10:00 AM EST --
Charles Lennox
February Fiction (In 100 Words Or Less)
2/05/07
A company I worked for, right out of college, had the world’s best janitor. After he cleaned the bathrooms, for instance, . . . more
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February 06, 2007 09:23 AM EST --
Charles Lennox
February Fiction (In 100 Words Or Less)
2/06/07
Married couple in a kitchen:
>What are we eating?
>Mermaid.
>Mermaid? Isn’t that illegal now?
>Yes. . . . more
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August 14, 2008 02:47 AM EDT --
I have fiction forthcoming in Wigleaf magazine. For those of you keeping score, this is now the third acceptance letter I've received over the past week. But don't worry, I also received a slew . . . more
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December 14, 2006 06:18 PM EST --
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There is the neighborhood street, and at the end of each driveway is a mailbox, an overflowing trash bin, and a dead Christmas tree slouching against the trash bin. All the Christmas . . . more
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