Friday, April 26, 2013

55: Dreamgirl

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Our bodies fit perfectly together, inside and out. Hands and mouths explored, found soft and hard places, caressed and groped, tenderly and hungrily. She was familiar but I didn't know why; dreams have a way of concealing some truths, and also revealing others.

When I woke, I could still feel the softness of her lips.
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FFF-55 Vol. LIV. Tell a story in exactly 55 words. Go see G-Man.

Friday, April 19, 2013

55: Heartstrings


Years of rigging
Fill up this chamber
Ropes and pulleys and anchors
Cables and swivels and hooks
Turnbuckles and swage sleeves and fiddle blocks
All connected to a central cardioid apparatus
That allow each operator
Large and small, young and old, begrudged and limerenced
To pull and twist and manipulate
The strings of my heart.
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FFF-55 Vol. LIII. Tell a story in exactly 55 words. Go see G-Man.

Friday, April 12, 2013

55: Brother


On a dark April night when I was nine, my aunt arrived hurriedly. Mom and dad rushed out the door. There were confusion and excitement and fear, and tears of uncertainty. I remember standing at the old front door, being consoled in a way I’d never experienced.

The next day, I had a baby brother.
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FFF-55 Vol. LII. Tell a story in exactly fifty-five words. Go see G-Man.

Friday, April 5, 2013

55: Fantasy Story Excerpt

Image credit: Max Gabl & Niel Wray, via Michael & Denise Okuda
Dropping out of the clouds, we could see the palace and surrounding waters. It was truly breathtaking: the whole of it could not possibly have been seen from the ground. The entire cabin fell silent as we descended, each of us wondering anew what was in store during the next few years of our apprenticeships.
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FFF-55 Vol. LI. Tell a story in exactly fifty-five words. Go see G-Man.