Category: Creative writing
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Firsts That Last
It’s time for Fandango’s Friday Flashback! This was first posted on April 2018 I don’t remember how we met, but it must have been at the school bus stop. We lived one block away from each other, but somehow had never crossed paths. I don’t even remember our first conversation. All I know is that…
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Misophonia
This weeks writing prompt at Six-Word-Story Prompt is food. Food should be eaten, not heard.
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Going Home
Joanna knew it was there; found it months ago. Between her crappy job, chronic depression, and Brad’s not-so-secret affair, she just plain couldn’t be bothered. Why add to the chaos? Now she had to be bothered, except she wasn’t. Joanna knew exactly how it would end, too. The same way it had for her grandmother, mother and two of her sisters.…
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Quality Time
When I visit my father’s grave, I leave a stone on it. We’re Jewish. That’s what we do. Just a nondescript piece of rock. Gray, generic and anonymous— aptly symbolizing our relationship.
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A Spoon in the Desert
“Hey, Abdul!” “Hey guys, what’s up?” “Where’ve you been all summer? It’s the first day of school and we never even got to hang out!” Habib complained. “You’d never believe me.” Abdul shook his head with a wry grin. “It’s too…amazing.” “Sure we would. C’mon! Give it up!” Ali urged. “Well, okay.” Abdul shrugged. “My dad had…
aka, The Abject Muse 