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Talespinning by Susan Gibb is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at susangibb.net.
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003/2012 High Dive
Word Count: 263 It was wondrous, joyous, everything they’d promised it would be. That amazing and terrible moment when you take the dare, crush all inside of you threatening your freedom of fear. When you come face to face with … Continue reading
002/2012 Blood-Red
Word Count: 375 I had heard that she’d painted the walls red, deep red, which was all that would cover the stains that would bleed right through three, four coats of paint, even deep evergreen like the old firs that … Continue reading
001/2012 Night Nurse
Word Count: 485 She painted the kitchen first, a rich deep red like her mother’s, that first kitchen she remembered of her childhood, upstairs from her grandparents, her father’s folks. She painted the cabinets bone white because she couldn’t remember … Continue reading
Starting a new Summer 100 Days Project for 2012
For now, until I figure out if I want to start yet another weblog, I’ll start posting my daily horror fictions for this year’s 100 Days Project.
Posted in 100 Days 2012
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Desire
In honor of World Poetry Day: Desire Some warm spring night I’ll creep with the moss to your window, softly reach up and scratch at your dreams until, ragged and worn, sheets twisted in clouds, you must let me in.
Posted in Poetry
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I WAKE UP STICKY
I wake up sticky. My eyes hurt open. The room is still grey with dawn. My brain a cloud of half-sleep with wisps of half-awareness. He snores beside me, whiskey-raucous, deep and drowning. Why do my eyes hurt? My mouth … Continue reading
Posted in Psychological Realism, Women's Issues
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Under Construction…
All the stories previously posted are currently under Password Protection while I edit, organize, and prepare for possible submission which requires that the work not be posted anywhere online. Password available upon request–just email me if you’re interested in reading.
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365/365 – THE LAST STORY
Word Count: 314 The first word of the last story I write will have to fly like the non-random darting bows of a bat, sensitive as sonar to wring empathy quick and flowing with relative response from its readers. The … Continue reading
364/365 – THE BOOK
Word Count: 625 I saw it up ahead in the road that ran by the river, a fluttering, half-alive thing that I guessed had been nicked by a car. A squirrel, a possum, a cat–but no, as I saw it … Continue reading
Protected: 363/365 – MOVABLE PARTS
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