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Sharon Cathcart's Writings

Article
Feb.17.2010
I have been writing for as long as I can remember. Whether it was little stories for myself, poetry or plays for class assignments or even some truly fan fiction, there have always been words pouring from my pencil or pen. “Why” is an interesting question. I have many friends who have never felt the urge to write anything beyond their school assignments, let...
Article
Feb.14.2010
AIDS Begone writing project (forthcoming)
“We are here in the memory of those who have parted …” The lyrics float up through the rotunda of San Jose, Calif.’s City Hall. It’s Dec. 1, 2009, World AIDS Day. I’m one of the two altos singing in an a cappella octet, under the direction of composer Ruth. It’s my first public performance in 14 years. Three people...
Short Story
Oct.16.2009
He came to me in my dreams. At first, there was only a fog ... a cool mist ... and yet, in my dreams, it seemed almost sentient. I would awake with a surprising melancholy, as though I had been abandoned. And yet, I had dreamt only of fog ... a fog whose tendrils caressed my skin with a lover's touch. A fog that whispered my name, even though I knew it to be...