Tag: short stories

  • Pages and pages

    Apparently the requirement for good poetry nowadays is the same as the requirement for good contemporary art: that I can’t understand it. (In fairness, that may say more about me than the poetry or the art…) I recently read Issue 42 of the Potomac Review, and I managed to find one poem that I not…

  • Well aware I have a ways to go…

    Okay I admit, this story totally deserved to beat mine: The Plainness of My Fall, by Janice Macdonald I didn’t get into it (i.e., was indignant and doubtful) until Emmaline showed up, but then it totally swept me away.

  • Another month, another masthead

    In honor of the new month, I created a new masthead, just like I do… every month. :P I also decided to archive all the previous mastheads, because I like them, and who knows, maybe someone else will too. This month’s tagline (“let the poverty begin”) is in honor of my new part-time schedule, which…

  • Scrambled eggs thoughts

    Recently things keep coming up every time I want to blog, jolting me out of whatever mood I’m in and making me rethink whatever I’m about to say. For example, yesterday I was going to blog something happy (I can’t even remember what it was anymore) and then I received a phone call that totally…

  • I is not a cop-out

    I FINISHED ANOTHER SHORT STORY!! YAAAAHHH!!! Now I have to revise. -_- — In general, I don’t do well with things that are hyped up. Like, god forbid I take part in a trend, right? So I refuse and resist beyond all reason (just ask Angie) and I deny myself the wonder of things like…