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Lessons of the Past
The candlelight enhanced the smell of sautéed peppers, onions and garlic. I stuck my fork into a single noodle and took another bite of Granny’s goulash. There is still something I am missing from her recipe that I can’t quite mimic. I should have payed more attention when she cooked…
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Fear Coffin
I am falling. My foot slipped on the wet stone and unlike all the other times before, I am unable to balance myself. I gasp for breath. My automatic reaction believes that the air in my lungs will cushion the ground. I am alone. I have walked miles: down cobbled…
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How I Blog
Write. . . Grab the headphones, the incense. Realize you don’t have a lighter. Search for twenty minutes, make it feel like an important excavation. Tell yourself every five minutes, “Oh, you don’t need a lighter, just fucking write.” Tell yourself again that it’s important, you will fail without the…
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The Ghost Upstairs
Late at night when you are all alone there are noises that come from the floor above. At times they can be described simply like walking, and scratching, and panting, and slamming. At others the sounds are completely indscribable as though a portal has opened and the wind and water…
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Killing the Angel
The white screen appeared, the black line blinks, blinks, blinks. It beckoned me to write. “Type a word,” It said, “I dare you.” The well-marked path led into the botanical garden. Walking through, I smelled the fresh air and the flowers. I typed the words that created the fresh new…
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