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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.
Tag Archives: Mainstream
026/100 aka 166/365
THE THING ABOUT PEACHES Word Count: 486 He struggled up the three stairs and into the kitchen, the screen door banging shut behind him. She was standing at the stove, stirring a huge steaming pot that came almost up to … Continue reading
025/100 aka 165/365
LOVE IS Word Count: 365 The girl’s name was Maricela and the man’s name was Cruz. They were the only two people in the world. Every day Cruz would bring Maricela a gift, some small something that had caught his … Continue reading
024/100 aka 164/365
AFTERMATH Word Count: 353 I told them that I saw Russell’s face in all my dreams. That like a wax doll he shows up at a party right in the middle of a living room. He’s sitting on the couch. … Continue reading
020/100 aka 160/365
SPEAKING IN TONGUES Word Count: 385 What is she saying? The girl who is taking my money and giving me change. Yes, yes, Thank you and have a nice day, but there’s something else too, when we listen with our … Continue reading
019/100 aka 159/365
PIECES Word Count: 365 There was the single hair she’d brushed off her shoulder in the hotel room in Delhi and hadn’t given it a second’s thought until now. Arielle stared at the broken finger nail, played with it, putting … Continue reading
018/100 aka 158/365
DECISIONS, DECISIONS Word Count: 466 He packed his clothes, whatever he would need for a few days, and loaded up the car with a tent, a blanket, a blow-up mattress and their hibachi. He filled the car up with gas … Continue reading
017/100 aka 157/365
I AM A SHINING STAR Word Count: 319 I can bend the willow trees and stir the oaks. I can even make it rain. I can lead all the cats in town into the river with a song but of … Continue reading
016/100 aka 156/365
RIVER RISING Word Count: 347 So the river’s comin’. Get out, take your things, they tell us. Ain’t matter none to me. Start fresh all over again. Like we done before and before that. “Mama, can I take Hildy?” “Best … Continue reading
014/100 aka 154/365
SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY Word Count: 356 Somewhere in the city was the man who Delphinium would sleep with and eventually marry. Every day she squiggled out of a bed too large for one–it took up the whole room–and crabstepped … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days 2011, Mainstream, Psychological Realism
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011/100 aka 151/365
WAR BEFORE PEACE Word Count: 246 The old man was a shiver or so short of death. He lay in a hospital bed mumbling prayers to a God he was hoping was there. It hurts, God, it hurts bad. Lord, … Continue reading