Tag Archives: Magical Realism

246/365 – A SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY

Word Count: 649 I’m telling you, the man had a parrot named Shakespeare that could speak every line of MacBeth. He stumbled a bit on Much Ado and hated Romeo & Juliet but was halfway through reading Julius Caesar when … Continue reading

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98/100 aka 238/365

MIDDLE EARTH Word Count: 315 It’s unlikely that Gerard would have found Middle Earth had he not fallen into the sinkhole that swallowed his car in the driveway. Before the police, the fire department, the reporters got there, he’d lowered … Continue reading

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097/100 aka 137/365

GUS THE AMAZING TALKING DOG Word Count: 512 He said that he just wanted to get out of the business. That years of hoofing it across the U.S. and Europe in two-bit shows and dark-holed clubs was enough. That the … Continue reading

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096/100 aka 236/365

THE GIRL WHO Word Count: 387 The girl with cochlear implants had seashell ears, pearly pink and superbly formed. Her ears were one of her finest features yet they were useless from the day she was born. She arrived too … Continue reading

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090/100 aka 230/365

TO DRIFT AWAY INTO THE SKY Word Count: 277 I watched her last breath drift away. I watched it float lazily up and up and hang on the ceiling until it discovered its own lack of substance and passed through. … Continue reading

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089/100 aka 229/365

CLOTH PEOPLE COME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT THEM Word Count: 367 The mornings are yellow-gray and full of tree frogs. They chirp a background song of camaraderie and fondness for the night. Somewhere not far from where you now live, … Continue reading

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085/100 aka 225/365

FORMISTS Word Count: 239 I cannot be what I’m supposed to be; wife, mother, keeping the kitchen sparkling clean and rooms where you can look under the beds and not fear being dragged down into a hole of nether-earth where … Continue reading

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082/100 aka 222/365

RELIVE Word Count: 310 She didn’t realize she’d only wished for yesterday and therein was her error. The first day was as if her dream had come true. She woke up (of course not knowing she’d awakened on this same … Continue reading

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076/100 aka 216/365

AFTER LIFE Word Count: 315 She carries him around in her hip pocket, like a wallet or a credit card collection. He doesn’t mind, he’s happy that she cares enough to do it. It makes him feel alive. Together they … Continue reading

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075/100 aka 215/365

GRIEF Word Count: 300 “Well then,” the doctor said, “just stay out of the sun.” She nodded, expecting no more. The grief was something she didn’t understand and took advice from friends who urged her to seek help. Now her … Continue reading

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