Tag: Writing
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6. Blue Moon
Travis didn’t want to be at this work party. He was only here because of her. He’d left his career and moved across the country for her, but this wasn’t what he had imagined. He hated the people that fawned over her and the roses she curled into her hair to compliment her skin-flaunting dresses.…
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5. Once Upon a Renaissance Fair
Once upon a time, a history teacher and collector of tapestries and cat bumper stickers named Gerald decided to attend a renaissance festival. He dressed as a squire: a weathered green padded leather jerkin, riding pants, welding gloves, heavy boots, and a single spaulder – as it turned out to be immensely more difficult to…
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4. Chameleon
The interview had gone well, so why was he left with such an empty feeling in his stomach? He shielded his eyes from the bright heat as he stepped outside and walked to his car. He’d dressed business casual, with a burgundy button-down T that accented his olive skin tones and dark eyes. Since it…
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3. One Way Trip
He missed the sound of her violin the most, he decided as he trudged across the hill’s ridgeline. He paused to readjust his backpack and listen to the wind, which was the only sound that could be heard out here other than his breathing and the occasional bird. It was beautiful, he regretfully admitted: the…
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2. The Club Fairy
David spotted her across the bar even before the bass dropped. The way she had flowers lackadaisically braided through her long red hair had caught his attention early. The way she laughed too loud despite appearing to be the soberest member of her party had kept him turning his head. And the way she danced…
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1. When a Flower is Enough
He set his suitcase down and stepped out of the taxi. His vacations were always far too short and far too infrequent. He paid the fare and turned back to look at his sad apartment complex. The sepia-colored four story building glared down at him, uncaring. Its faceless exterior drained the color from him, ignorant…
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Coming Soon: When Hope Burned White
When Hope Burned White is a collection of 10 short stories that explore ideas of hope, isolation, frustration, loneliness, and taking control of the little things when there is nothing else. When life burns you down to coals, this is what’s left. Each story is about a page in length. They are more emotionally charged…
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Inspiration: Dixit, the Game
You know how they say a picture is worth a 1000 words? As an amatuer high school writer, I argued regularly with people about which was better: an enchanting image or a thousand beautiful words. As an adult, I have since decided that both are equally bewitching in the right circumstances. For me, an image…
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New Year’s Goals
As we finish out the holidays, many people will be making New Year’s resolutions. I love the idea of working toward personal improvement every year, but New Year’s resolutions have never worked well for me. That is why about seven years ago, I started writing New Year’s goals instead. About this time every year, I…
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Winning NaNoWriMo
The song began each morning before the roosters took their first yawns. It began after the stars had faded into a thin bluing screen and around the time the wind first breathed through the dewy grass. The coolness that perfects sleep dissipated with a final chill, and the village stirred. When the Song Meets the…
Grant Pearson 