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Entrapment
It was a sultry summer evening in a sultry Southern state. A haze of grilled meat, cigarette smoke, and vague desperation hung in the air like a damp dropcloth as duos, trios, and fifth wheels wandered past. Somewhere along the avenue, between an antique record store and a shop filled with various inhaling devices, a shadow waited in the dark ( Read more... ) -
Unbowed
The world didn't stop turning that day. It didn't even shake. There was nothing new under the sun, nothing new about this, never would be. She was no less or more empty than she'd been; now, she simply knew the outcome, and that nothing could never change it ( Read more... ) -
Amazement
Oh, beautiful girl. So precious. So foolish. Had no one ever told you to be careful what you wish for?
Allow me to answer that for you: Of course they did. I know, because I was listening. Listening to everything, while you hear only your own voice, twisting everything out of shape. You ask for much, and when you receive it, you decide it isn't ( Read more... ) -
Last dance
Mit keresek, en itt? Azt monjak hogy a hires lakem lefogta a ferjement en meg lecsaptam a fejet. De nem igaz, en artatlan vagyok. Nem tudom miert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tettem. Probaltam a rendorsegen megmagyarazni de nem ertettek meg.
January 1926
I hear the heavy steps of the matron's thick shoes long before I see her. My breath catches, and ( Read more... ) -
A greeting
What's one more introduction to someone who writes them all the time? A setup, a biography, a foreword, a prologue? Just one more?
A lot, it turns out.
I don't often know what to tell people about myself these days. I endeavor to live a boring life, and usually I succeed - but my family history, my soul-searching, my jacked-up health are so ( Read more... ) -
Welp.
And so...it's been a long time. There's been a lot of water under the bridge. I didn't drown, but I came close one or twice.
Never mind that for now. What remains unchanged is that I'm apparently still quite mad. As evidence, I give you:
My sign-up for LJ Idol, season 9.
Once more into the fray I go!
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Memory takes flight
An entry for therealljidol, season 8, week 18: write an entry inspired by another current contestant.
I ran out of biological grandparents 10 years ago.
Maybe that sounds like the end instead of the beginning. And to some point, it felt like it - far away and unable to reach out, all I could do was show up for funerals. For my father's father, his sharp, self- ( Read more... ) -
Threads of gold
Ah, my darling girl. You wish to hear a story tonight? And here I thought you too nigh grown to wish such a thing. Before many more years have passed, it will be time to seek a husband. Or a wife, should you so wish ( Read more... ) -
In and about
An entry for therealljidol, season 8, week 15: "Preoccupied." Fiction. ;)
Casey reckoned it hadn’t been very long since daydreams started sneaking up on her. All her life, she’d been able to call them up when she needed, and put them away when she was done. They were what she needed when she didn’t have a book or a pen in her hands. Most of the time ( Read more... ) -
Caravans we follow
An entry for LJ Idol, season 8, week 14: "Twitterpated." Not the least bit fiction.
There are some things you've been sure of since the beginning, since the exact moment it happened. Since the moment that tall, lanky frame ambled down the hall toward you and your linoleum-floored broom closet of an office. Since the moment you heard that sharp-edged ( Read more... )