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nonfiction – unsolicited chat

The internet is a wacky place. Be careful out there, kids. What follows is a copy/paste of a chat log that just happened to me. Enjoy! hiii tartslinky365@wmpad.com @ 9:23 hihi tartslinky Daniel Ritter @ 9:23 do i know you? … Continue reading

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Me as a Guest: The Roundtable Podcast episode 44

I think if there’s anything that writers like to do which is not writing, it’s talking about writing. I’ve had the wonderful experience of sitting down with the lads at The Roundtable Podcast along with author Gareth Powell, and I … Continue reading

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Nanostratmo – Strategies for Nanowrimo

Nanowrimo is pizza. The options are limitless. You could call ahead, let someone else do it, then stop back by in a month and pick it up. You’ll be famished and it’ll be nasty. Conversely, you could jump the countertop … Continue reading

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Beep Beep

[1662 words, rated PG] “So,” Cathy said to Hugh, as they walked toward the cab, “You’ll leave me here for, months, and we stand to make a fortune. Then what. We uproot and move again, or you’re coming back, or…” … Continue reading

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Nanogin Bridging 101 (100 word drabble)

[100 words, rated G] “It is a mix of simple physical disciplines from the old times. Yoga. Tai-Chi. Calisthenics. The nanogin in your blood focuses your energy, and bridges signals with the fabric. The last thing it is, is magic,” … Continue reading

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Thinkful (100 word drabble)

[100 words, rated G] Maerta sat cross-legged on the trail near a mound of the black powdery stuff, facing the sunset. She slowed her breathing, watched the edge of the sun shrink away and descend. The field was soundless but … Continue reading

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Trial and Error 8: Waiting

(Read the complete Trial and Error series in the GSU: The Wastes section.) [792 words, rated PG] Kella, Toby, and Jayce waited by the door, looking at it as if an opening were certain. Toby stepped up one more time, … Continue reading

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Tiny Christmas

[918 words, rated PG] Water-colored pinks blended with purples and oranges as the sun hauled its massive glow upward, again, into the world. Cutting through the color, parallels of smoke-stacks, the tubed anuses of industry, farted thick black silhouettes of … Continue reading

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The Zombies of Cahnerra District

[1518 words, rated R] Sherlyn walked quickly down the sidewalk, peeking from her hooded sweatshirt side to side, scanning the area, hands shoved deeply into her pockets. Finding nothing, she looked left, scanned the arc, ducked right down a side … Continue reading

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The Letter

[453 words, rated PG] Shelk hunched in an alleyway, ragged bits of her clothes dunked into the gray and brown street water. “Everyone looks normal, acts normal, but they’re not. Can’t tell who’s infected, who’s OTIS, who’s being controlled, who’s … Continue reading

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