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Jun.04.2013 Here comes that wind Do you hear it, pushing its way forward? Be still in the early dawn and attune to its faint whispers, its slow creep skulking up from a darkness that has lingered for too long. It comes as hushed waves of heart beats from the depths of the Earth’s core, beneath barren fields of despair. It pulses...	Jun.03.2013 Together Forever: Part 2 of 2 Part 2 of my two-part short story Together Forever is now up at The Community Storyboard. Please read to learn about the fate of Ms. (Irene) Brooks.
May.31.2013 Short short story featured at The Community Storyboard Please read my short short "Sunday Dinner" at The Community Storyboard (http://neverendingstorydepository.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/sunday-dinner/) and stay to read other wonderful stories and poems.	Apr.05.2013 Pin The fallow wind fall The Pity Pin fall Crouching curled 9 past 4 Rest No more Hear the blinking charming Hearing the charming bell ringing Hear the ringing clanking Hearing the rust chipping Cradled on the floor Zest pass furlong no more Strange Woman at the door She is I I am she She is He...
Feb.18.2013 The growing Want I glance everywhere but in the one direction I want to look, that I’m desperate to look in. My eyes ricochet off the cars parked parallel on the roadside, to people clumped in their chatter around me, chatter that I'm lost in. I look down at the scoria under me and notice my toes curled in my...	Feb.02.2013 Functional Fiction What makes a novel work? What makes a short story ring true? It may be a bit ironic to talk about "the truth" in fiction when the very definition of fiction is something that isn't. Good fiction is often described as something that's believable...like any other great lie. Or sometimes...
Jan.10.2013 FICTION DURABILITY: What Makes a Book Last? Why do some stories endure from generation to generation? It may be useful to compare The Catcher in the Rye and four other books that have sold well over time: Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Outsiders. ...	Dec.10.2012 The Want A coy peek sideways and I hope to catch your glance, or even better, your smile. You must not see me steal that look but then again, l want you to catch me watching you, for then you'll know. You must know by now. My smiles and gestures, my hello waves. Surely they paint a masterpiece equivalent to...