Tag: short story
member name: Laura Cushing
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January 31, 2008 01:36 AM EST --
Every day, he saw her reading on the bus. Some days it was a music magazine - always indie. Filter, or Blender, or Under the Radar - nothing mainstream, nothing so vulgar as to be sold in Wal-Mart or Target. . . .
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March 17, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
(Exploring a story idea - I might write this as a series.)
"Vampires can't be heroes," Cameron said, shaking her head at Alex's concept for his latest comic.
"Why . . .
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March 17, 2007 12:02 AM EDT --
I found Abuela like an accident, when I wasn't really looking.
I'd been in California two years by then - it was already starting to make me jaded. I was working a fish market, packing boxes with . . .
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October 17, 2007 03:15 AM EDT --
Inspired perhaps by watching Across the Universe, I wanted to write something that took place in the sixties. This is a joint writing project between myself and my hubby Austin Cushing. It's a serial . . .
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October 23, 2007 08:38 PM EDT --
Inspired perhaps by watching Across the Universe, I wanted to write something that took place in the sixties. This is a joint writing project between myself and my hubby Austin Cushing . The year . . .
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February 07, 2007 03:04 AM EST --
Draft one...
from: mmalone@perinthus.edu
to: jlee@perinthus.edu
Dear Jenny,
Or how do I begin? Is dear too much of an imposition, or a supposition, when after all, we've barely spoken? If I could . . .
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February 12, 2007 02:57 AM EST --
These 100 Character Development questions, written by my friend Rich Taylor, have come in handy so many times for me as a writer! I put Michael through these questions as I was working on his character . . .
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October 15, 2007 02:22 AM EDT --
I posted this when I was very new on Gather as two separate parts - but here it is together with some minor edits. I always wanted to go back and expand the story to include what happens to Matty . . .
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February 03, 2007 03:09 AM EST --
I hate everything about you. When you speak, I hate the words that come out of your mouth. When you're silent, I hate the shape of your silences - the way you never know how to voice what's on . . .
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February 10, 2007 01:34 AM EST --
A wiser man than me once said that you only get one chance to make a good first impression. So this is it, that one chance and I hope I don't blow it. I'm not really all that fond of talking about . . .
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March 07, 2007 10:42 PM EST --
(This story has been published in It Takes All Kinds. Part of a series called Michael's story - for more of this series, click here. )
In winter, Wednesday is soup day at Java the . . .
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February 01, 2007 12:21 AM EST --
"California people are not like us," my father said. He was rolling a joint at the time, twisting the crinkly paper end between his stubby fingers. This was the first time my father had . . .
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February 08, 2007 07:30 PM EST --
"That's an ugly shirt, " I said, shaking my head at Jules.
"Nothing makes friends like a funny shirt," he insisted, holding it up to me for sizing purposes. The shirt was a neon . . .
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February 10, 2007 12:53 AM EST --
Michael's story on Gather:
These are the Michael-stories I have posted so far. I will keep updating the list as I add more. There is no particular order in which they must be read. Some are full . . .
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February 11, 2007 02:39 AM EST --
When I was a child, I remember dreaming that my dentist was a vampire. It wasn't all that much of a stretch. Clearly, he already had a certain sadistic mannerism- why else would he be in a profession . . .
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February 23, 2007 11:12 PM EST --
"I'm sorry, Michael..."
I nodded slightly, the same automatic nod I'd been giving all day. I'd found my way out into the alcove, away from the stifling crowd and the overwhelming . . .
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February 28, 2007 01:30 AM EST --
All five are from Michael's story - for more of this series, click here. Each is exactly 100 words, and has to do with Michael's relationship with his father. The last one takes place after . . .
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February 10, 2007 12:02 AM EST --
This is the first new year in a long damn time that I haven't been hung over. I feel kind of weird for missing that familiar hazy feeling. Last night, I was sitting at the hospital with my father, . . .
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February 18, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
(Part one of this story is Matty Be Good - if you haven't read that, you might want to read that first)
I kinda expected Matty to look fierce with the axe in his hands, but he just looked stupid like. . . .
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April 16, 2008 01:56 AM EDT --
Hey. Um...
Hey there.
I'm not really good at these sort of things, so I suppose I'll start at the beginning, or maybe, more like the middle. Or.. yeah. Anyhow, my name is Michael, and . . .
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