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Short Hand, by Gary Phillips
9 hours ago ago from Type M for Murder
In the glow of firelight, storytellers transfixed the tribe with their short stories of how the world began. These verbal tales were passed down and became the written word. The Bible and the other tomes of the world’s religions are filled with parables and short stories of wonder and redemption, horror and damnation – the tools of the writer’s trade. I got hooked on short stories as a kid watching those half hour reruns of the original ...
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18 hours ago ago from Zentran Dreams and Stranger Things
It feels queasy to be back home, and with my low marks this semester, I'm having another crisis of conscience, wondering if I'm wasting my time and still won't be able to find a job after I get my Masters', and so continuing to stagnate in terms of work and emotion. Which puts some stress on me this season, not to mention how Christmas usually goes at our house -- a short time to relax before preparing for the next Event and then it's all ...
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11 hours ago ago from The Boston Bibliophile
I hope that everyone who celebrates Christmas had a great one last week; I know I did. Good times with friends and family, including great bookish gifts given and received. The best gift I gave was The Elements , by Theodore Gray, a fabulous coffee table book that went to my husband and to a family friend- both of whom loved it. A cross between an encyclopedia and a picture book, it goes through the entire periodic table with beautiful ...
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