The old man is watching a seagull eviscerating a crab. The decapod crustacean probably was handsome in his youth but not any longer. Does he wish he could scream? Or is it better to be stoic and ... [+]
Short Fiction
The old man is watching a seagull eviscerating a crab. The decapod crustacean probably was handsome in his youth but not any longer. Does he wish he could scream? Or is it better to be stoic and ... [+]
The seashells near the ocean
where I grew up are storytellers.
Every morning, feet burning
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The second house on the left. If the door is blue, you're welcome. Red, you've come too early. Green, too late.
The meaningless chant comes to me whole. I can't remember where I've heard it, but
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"I killed a man before, you know."
It's 3:12 pm, an awkward time for us to be preparing food. I'm not sure if we're making a late lunch, an early dinner, or just afternoon tea. I've been
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I was born, Mom says, dollhouse-
ready, pre-Barbie hair a field
of curls, the early bird that
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This dictionary defines "rooihout"
as a South African tree on page 2624;
"aasvogel," a
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I dropped
an
ice cube
into
the sea
which sort
of replied
as if to
say
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