Month: April 2024
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Epilogue: When Hope Burned White
When I started writing this collection, my only goal was to write a short story every week of last summer. I did not have a theme or idea in mind, though I did have a specific focus for my inspirations. I ended up with a dozen stories, one of which I published separately as a…
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10. The Last Song
Sailing will be fun, they said. You have unlimited freedom, they said. And unless you get drunk and fall off the yardarm, you probably won’t die, they said. And now here we are at the edge of the world, watching as the waters drag our ship closer to the waterfall that leads to the depths…
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9. That Time I Met A God
So this one time my friend Robert invited me to tag along with his frat out to the beach. I was like, ‘sure, why not,’ you know, because I was trying to get out more. Ever since I’d broken up with Brook, I’d been kind of a shut-in. I knew that it was getting to…
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8. The Clock Ticks On
Jordan squirmed at his desk, the ergonomic office chair no longer doing its job since his ass had reshaped it in its own image. They really should replace these, he thought and glanced at the clock: thirty minutes until the work week ended. He surreptitiously glanced around and pulled up his social media. He didn’t…
Grant Pearson 