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The SHORT STORY Machine: “The Picture Framer of Calcified Faces”

There is an alley dusted by adolescent girls when the sun first disturbs the faces of the crumbling flats thereon.  (One girl would say, ’tis no easy task and another would think, what is?)  The girls are clad in all-too-obvious … Continue reading

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The SHORT STORY Machine: “The Observation Parties of M. Voie and Herr Guck”

We are going to enter the black and white theater now.  If we have questions we will wait until the end to ask them. A man in a gray jacket with cracked skin and pale lips sits uncomfortably upright typing … Continue reading

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The SHORT STORY Machine: “I Can Relate This Story As If It Were Mine”

I can relate this story as if it were mine. The details, never stone-set to begin with, only take on life with the agency of novel improvisation. Whenever I begin the story, I close my eyes and forget the phrases … Continue reading

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