Category: Creative writing
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From Hell to Hero
Gloria awakened that morning with an erroneous smile on her face. Slowly, reality set-in as she came to accept the fact that Sunday was gone and Monday had taken its place. Monday meant school. School meant mean kids and bullies. Mean kids and bullies meant angry tears that led to more stuttering, which of course, delighted the mean…
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Piers Morgan Doesn’t Interview Susan Shuman
Below is an edited excerpt of Piers Morgan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on January 17, 2011. MORGAN: Tell me this, Ms. Shuman. Do you ever get sort of surreal moments when — I’m just trying to picture what it’s like being you? When you wake up in the morning and you go, bloody hell, I’m The…
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Letter to my 18-year-old Damn-Self
Dear Susan, I’d have written sooner, but wouldn’t have known what the hell I was talking about. Sorry. I wish you could have read this when it would have done you some good. Given the fact that I knew none of this then, it would’ve been impossible. Plus, knowing you, you wouldn’t have listened anyway. First,…
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The Story
It’s obscured among the shadows of the intellect. Too many needles in the haystack, the relentless pinpricking of all the too familiar places. The accidental tattoo on a Chinese-water-tortured soul Detailing the Misdeed, Misword, Mistake. And the guilt; earsplitting and meticulous, recounts every detail of the Story. The Daily Post: Interior
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Marnie’s Guts
It wasn’t the first time he’d given her a black eye, broken her ribs, or left a purple-hot bruise where no one could see. But by God, it was the last. “That’s it.” Marnie whispered, holding a dish towel to her bloodied chin. “I’m done.” “You ain’t goin’ no-damn-where,” he sneered. “You ain’t got the…
aka, The Abject Muse 