http://fictiondaily.org Good Stuff To Read In Places You Wouldn't Normally Look Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/110a87858b24797a9a8fdf0a8027d31a?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://fictiondaily.org http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/09/long-585/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/09/long-585/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:05:25 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5184 ]]> Ringing phones start too many stories.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/09/long-585/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/08/long-584/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/08/long-584/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:05:05 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5174 ]]> I just want to say right off that I am not a busybody.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/08/long-584/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/07/long-583/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/07/long-583/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:05:31 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5165 ]]> In the semi-darkness of his childhood evenings, Lhasang’s father, Tsepon, enacted the life of King Gesar of Ling.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/07/long-583/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/02/long-582/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/02/long-582/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:02 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5157 ]]> There were three: the white river made of stones, the white river made of feathers, the white river made of net.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/02/long-582/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/01/long-581/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/01/long-581/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:05:05 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5148 ]]> My mother asks each of us to wear a white shirt for our family portrait.  I’ve never liked when you can see the bra beneath.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/02/01/long-581/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/31/long-580/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/31/long-580/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:05:33 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5141 ]]> There was no reason for us to believe there would be diesel in the tank.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/31/long-580/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/30/long-579/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/30/long-579/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:05:12 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5133 ]]> My first thought, naturally, was what to do with my urine. 

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/30/long-579/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/27/long-578/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/27/long-578/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:03 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5125 ]]> In only six months and twenty-eight days I’ll be in a position to retire. 

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/27/long-578/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/26/long-577/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/26/long-577/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:05:34 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5118 ]]> I had tightened the last screws as the skin finally dried, and then finished, the end.

]]> http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/26/long-577/feed/ 0 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/25/long-576/ http://fictiondaily.org/2012/01/25/long-576/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:05:18 +0000 davidbacker http://fictiondaily.org/?p=5110 ]]> Former Farmer James had a potato in his head almost the size of a normal human brain.

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