Tag: fiction
member name: Greg Schiller
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May 01, 2007 08:42 AM EDT --
Critique welcome
Somewhere East of Elko Nevada, Allen and Meg turned off the interstate to glide under the concrete canopy of a Philips 66 station. The canopy cast a deep blue pool . . .
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June 28, 2007 07:57 PM EDT --
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You're Hot!
Ha! That is quite a thing to say!
You are!
It's not polite to tell a stranger on the bus that they are hot.
You're not a stranger.
Why do you say . . .
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October 25, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
A short snippet from a work in process:
An August sun rose reluctantly through a blue haze well to the north of east above Nina Street. Sleep clung heavily to all living things as un-living . . .
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December 14, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
The forecast says, "cold with snow", it's the sort of . . .
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February 01, 2007 01:58 PM EST --
Two old guys wearing the same fashion they wore for decades held down opposite ends of a bench in the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport; neither appeared headed anywhere. They eyed the human herd passing by, and . . .
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February 27, 2007 04:00 PM EST --
Most nights, they slept on silk over stone. Silk spoke of power and affluence; the stone, a reminder of the hard ground they would sleep on when fate tore these things away. They did this to honor tradition, . . .
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December 09, 2006 07:50 PM EST --
Albert could not remember much before today, and all he remembered of today was the explosion and violence of a college kid kicking open his door and roughing him into the hall. All of Albert’s stuff . . .
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October 14, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
None of this is my fault.
FOXNEWS is calling it “The Payday Massacre”, like I'm some kind of gangster killer. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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January 21, 2007 11:26 AM EST --
I hit two deer in three days at the same spot in the road. To be precise, I hit one, the other hit me. The first accident occurred while commuting one crisp moonless morning on a road slicked black with . . .
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June 23, 2007 08:16 AM EDT --
Critique Welcome
A short story told in dialogue:
I need to be with her when she is put down.
Of course, but let me warn you that death does not always come peacefully . . .
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July 02, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
Didn't see you on the bus yesterday.
Naw, I took the day off; had to go to court.
How come?
Ex-landlord refused to return my damage deposit.
You win?
Slam-dunk.
Good for you.
Typical crap, but . . .
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August 17, 2007 03:04 PM EDT --
"What would you do if you didn't have me to take care of you?" She was already on him, extending a plate of chocolate-chip cookies.
Stomping the slush off his boots, Earl . . .
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November 21, 2007 06:28 PM EST --
Once upon a time, a wealthy couple lived in a quaint Tudor mansion on the better side of Beverly Hills with their only child, a daughter, upon whom they showered love and the best of everything.
As . . .
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June 16, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
I'm leaving Yadafone.
You never seemed happy there, Ed.
Yeah, got sick of putting in time.
That, I think, is what they call work.
No, everyone else worked, I was useless.
That, I think, . . .
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October 24, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
Glennis Turvold was not happy. Her son Ennis was just as bad as his deceased father. His notion of spending time with his mother was taking charge of her life and ordering her around. Today, he insisted . . .
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September 07, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
Critique (always) welcome
Jane stalked the commons pond, muttering to herself. She fumed, and cursed over the self-assigned task of rousting geese with a stick. No one else would do . . .
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October 21, 2007 09:09 AM EDT --
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Wearing full camouflage: jacket, pants and cap, did little good. Merle was still detectable crossing the kitchen. Behind him, a trail of waffled . . .
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August 31, 2007 03:29 PM EDT --
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Tyler stood in the doorway wearing the clothes he wore last night. "Harry, I think I am in real trouble. I need you to look at something."
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August 31, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
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The sergeant treated Harry with all the respect of a fly on a dashboard. He appeared to have been very bored for a very long time. How could that be?
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August 31, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
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Harry had a dilemma. As an officer of the court, he had the moral, legal and professional responsibility to report a crime but there was also his client and friend to consider. The . . .
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