He left the country before I completed my program. His wife, a painter of shadows, craved a more ethereal setting for inspiration. They did not want to raise their children in the California sunlight and school system. I was grateful he told me before the university announced his resignation, and I was not entirely surprised [...]
There was a letter waiting for me when I arrived home Friday evening. I casually tossed the pile of mail on the counter and didn’t remember it until Saturday morning. When it slipped from the stack of bills and advertisements, I immediately knew the origin. I held it gently, tracing my name on the front [...]
§235 · April 28, 2009 · Uncategorized · Comments Off · Tags: fiction, newfiction, series, short short stories, shortstory, story
I finished the book, entranced by the personal meaning I gathered from the story. He wrote with passion, and I understood why he had become successful, if not why that success led him to feel guilty for his loss. He sought treatment for grief, but what he perceived of as grief, seemed to me to [...]
§230 · April 27, 2009 · Uncategorized · Comments Off · Tags: fiction, flashfiction, microfiction, newfiction, series, short short stories, story
On Monday morning, I peeked into Lenore’s office. She inhabited the sunroom behind the kitchen, and it suited her well. She displayed her oil paintings on the wall that used to be on the outside of the house. Each of our spaces seemed to be an extension of ourselves, creating an environment that felt more [...]
§216 · April 24, 2009 · Uncategorized · 2 comments · Tags: fiction, flashfiction, microfiction, newfiction, series, short short stories, shortshortstory, story
I did not recognize him the next time we met. By then, my partners had returned and we were settling back into our Saturday morning baking meetings. When we had first remodeled the bungalow, the contractor suggested we turn the dining area and kitchen into useable office space. We unanimously rejected his plans, choosing instead [...]
§206 · April 22, 2009 · Uncategorized · Comments Off · Tags: flashfiction, microfiction, newfiction, short short stories, story
Rich tones chimed from the cathedral down the street, attracting worshipers to the convenient seven o’clock midnight mass. I had developed a love of ceremony as a young graduate student, trailing my mentor from service to service. At first I had simply sought his praise for my enthusiasm. After I had secured his attention, I [...]
§196 · April 21, 2009 · Uncategorized · 4 comments · Tags: fiction, flashfiction, microfiction, newfiction, series, short short stories
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