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In Short on December 31, 2010 at 12:10 pm

Then my daughter holds up a razor blade…

GENRE

In Genre on December 31, 2010 at 12:05 pm

I’m charting the course for our incredible marriage…

GENRE

In Genre on December 31, 2010 at 12:00 pm

If that ole white fireball wasn’t hanging between us and the void, every night would be just as black as a bag of assholes…

SHORT

In Short on December 30, 2010 at 12:10 pm

In the morning Simon Please put on his suit and tie and ate all his cereal.

LONG

In Long on December 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm

She shook her head, turned the tentacles into roots again.

GENRE

In Long on December 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm

“Daniel I think you should slow down honey,” Rebekah shouted from behind him. She couldn’t keep up her bicycle. “Please.”

SHORT

In Short on December 29, 2010 at 12:10 pm

I should have remembered your intolerance for dairy, scented candles, and tables that are not level.

LONG

In Long on December 29, 2010 at 12:05 pm

The insurance people called these things Acts of God.

GENRE

In Genre on December 29, 2010 at 12:00 pm

He touches her with story…

SHORT

In Short on December 28, 2010 at 12:10 pm

There were some flagellates; and a strange one-eyed man living amidst these. (“The Man Who Was Going Nowhere” by Ankur Agarwal)

LONG

In Long on December 28, 2010 at 12:05 pm

He was alone, and the ropes that had bound him were gone.

GENRE

In Genre on December 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm

The boy was alive, somewhat lethargic, but alive; and covered in mucous.

SHORT

In Short on December 27, 2010 at 12:10 pm

The ice child played with her Raggedy Anne. An ice dog trotted in and lay next to the child’s feet.

LONG

In Long on December 27, 2010 at 12:05 pm

The last of the gold and silver coins was surrendered. The bank and general store shut down, and the townspeople were counseled to begin trading with each other for anything they needed.

GENRE

In Genre on December 27, 2010 at 12:00 pm

They never found the sacred garden. But they liked the earth and stayed. No one noticed. Not I.

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