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If an angel asked me where heaven is, I'd point to Victor's rancho. [...]
Our most recent kontest, the Kafka Konundrum, kouldn't kaptivate our readers. My apologies--usually I put [...]
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*If you don't know what that means, then you've been spared the horror of Zoom [...]
"If you assume that the Big Bang happened gratuitously, you're talking about magic, not science." [...]
"Save the neck for me, Clark!" [...]
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” ― William Shakespeare, A [...]
What happens when nothing happens? [...]
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Getting your teeth into a story requires a little bridgework [...]
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"Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere."--Elie Wiesel [...]
In wine, there is truth. But in sobriety, there is change. [...]
"Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell."--Walter Scott, "The [...]
"Well, I don't know what to say except it's Christmas and...we're all in misery."--Ellen Griswold [...]
"Just taaaaaaap it in."--from "Happy Gilmore" [...]
Care for a little green with your turkey? [...]
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very [...]
Rage! Rage against the dying of the light!--from "Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight" [...]
How magical! [...]
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Born (to) a silver spoon! [...]
You WERE the wind beneath my wings... [...]
1000 greens to go with Thanksgiving dinner [...]
"That was when it started getting dark...Then I knew, even before the people at the [...]
"...but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not [...]
What type of star is a criminal? A shooting star! [...]
She HAS put a spell on us. And now? We're hers. [...]
"That was quite a show--very entertaining...but it's over now...go on and take a bow..."--"Take a [...]
Where the hell am I? [...]
Even in the darkness of winter and war, the light of human faith and tenacity [...]
"Orange is the happiest color"--Frank Sinatra [...]
"Study the past if you would divine the future." Confucius [...]
"The highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude." Thornton Wilder [...]
We're extending the deadline to enter the competitionfor the most compelling first 1,000 words [...]
Stone tape theory: the theory that emotional moments can be "recorded" by rocks, stones, and [...]
"Yeah? Well, you're not from Chicago." -- Eliot Ness, "The Untouchables" [...]
"Oh, that red hair of hers is no lie." Michaleen Flynn, from "The Quiet Man" [...]
How many times has a person pulled us in...never knowing if it is a planet, [...]
"It's none of their business you had to learn how to write. Let them [...]
"In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland..." Isaiah 43:19 [...]
The future looks a little cloudy... [...]
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty... [...]
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She tells him their strategy: they will feign an amorous mood and walk down to [...]
A French cafe' under siege! Is nothing sacred? [...]
Certainly, this couldn’t be one of the dogs she was promising to kill. [...]
He was a Da--aa--aay trader! One way ticket yeah... [...]
“I’m the most successful failure in Nashville,” [...]
Nobody writes like Jane Austin anymore [...]
She was cursed. I could always tell. It was a malicious one, a hex that [...]
Can just 1,000 words earn $1,000? [...]
How does a dollar a word sound to you? [...]
Our most ambitious contest [...]
What sacrifice could you make in the name of love? [...]
Once there was a way to get back home [...]
Our first post-covid writerly thing! [...]
Help me save the world! [...]
"The most powerful weapon on Earth is a spirit on fire." Ferdinand Foch, prevailing French [...]
"Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain." Bob Dylan [...]
Imagine all the people... [...]
"But where are you FROM?" [...]
"I see thugs deserving punishment." [...]
Perhaps this is the anthem of despair [...]
"Not all bombs are nuclear." [...]
“Not being racist” is not enough to suppress white supremacy. [...]
Sometimes, all I need is.... [...]
"...There are sorrows to be healed, and mercy, mercy in this world..." (Leonard Cohen) [...]
“The reason there is evil in the world is that people are not able to [...]
"The reason there is evil in the world is because people don't get to tell [...]
"Sometimes, the old ways are best." --Eve Moneypenny, "Skyfall" (2012) [...]
We connected the world. Mission accomplished. [...]
"I am the distance you put between all of the moments that we will be." [...]
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It’s the verbs, man, the verbs! [...]
Is this going to be a federally recognized holiday yet? [...]
My father was a man who would pull over and read nearly any historical marker [...]
All writers are 'opportunists,' maybe even 'shameless opportunists.' [...]
Miryam Howard-Meier's walk in the woods [...]
The butler gets called on the carpet [...]
Sell me on your reality first before you sell me on your fantasy. [...]
The wine bottle stutters [...]
Cross genre seems to be where my brain wants to go. [...]
The old changing water into wine offense--oops! DEfense! [...]
I cannot tell you what personal scab lies underneath each of my works, at least [...]
That Game of Thorn's [...]
I am a teller of tales. Perhaps that is not salvation, but for me it [...]
Humor not only improves perspective, defuses tension, reduces anxiety, and displaces anger, but it also [...]
I love being a freelancer, but no one who does it would ever say it [...]
Peace on earth, goodwill towards humankind [...]
And neither of them could realize that they were falling, not only in love, but [...]
There's a point to this story [...]
I am a humble practitioner of opened eyes and artistic hands. [...]
For the most part, I let the story take me where it wants to go. [...]
I think it's a great story. What's urinalysis? [...]
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I do seek individuality and resent being compared to another writer, regardless if it’s meant [...]
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” [...]
What's your story? [...]
Actually, my dream is to speak to Oprah. [...]
Two Malayan Regulars! This had the makings of a very good story. [...]
If you have everything easy, you don’t enjoy it as much as if you had [...]
Time, the muscle that ripples from the shoulder of God, was flexing once more, pulling [...]
Everyone’s life is so rich... you should pay attention to it, and then go and [...]
The tall one is so handsome, she thought. My father will be so proud. I [...]
My first measure of a 'good' poem is that its attraction is lasting - I [...]
I am sure this was an honest mistake, but according to Reyna, it was (is?) [...]
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