Tartan Fiction
Thank You For Understanding
January 4, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are those who are included, and those who are not. Those who are included feel the seriousness and possibility of life everyday. They venerate everything silently. They are the nurses who work double shifts in emergency wards. They are the social workers that bring first aid kits to unconscious abusers on cold evenings. They carry on tired without praise. Their humbleness is what allows them to see the subtlety…
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Rattrap
January 4, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o there I am, trying to balance four vintage tennis rackets, as many badminton rackets, the used skates, the amazing rollerblades, AND all the crap that Benji needs for pond hockey. You’d never believe how many pads they need to…
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The New Denny’s
January 4, 2016By: R. Thomas [dropcap]A[/dropcap]lan looked out the small, greasy window at the new Denny’s, across the early traffic of Cluff Crossing Road. His eyes scanned the fractured pavement that the city should have patched, past the manhole slightly raised due…
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Who’s Afraid of Thomas Wolfe?
January 4, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]homas Wolfe once said, “You can’t go home again.” To wit: once you’ve been out into the great wide world and seen what it has to offer, it’s always going to be a disappointment going back to the place you…
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Dream Images
September 8, 2015[dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]M[/dropcap]emorize scripture fast as you can, fast as you can type memorize it quickly and then write it down so that others can read it later, yourself included. It is important that you do this so dont forget that I…
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Making Ends Meet
September 8, 2015Ever been to an auction—not the ritzy Sotheby’s kind—the local estate sales? Just remember two things: although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, everything under the hammer is always something somebody else didn’t want. Hell, she’d been waiting…
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Puppets
September 8, 2015[dropcap]I[/dropcap] was in a city on a Sunday and all the passers-by seemed to have thin moustaches, wraparound sunglasses, and mossy army-surplus coats. Everybody wanted a cigarette. At this point I had very little to do; I had presented my…
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Manners
September 8, 2015[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust stop being a fucking PUSSY and TAKE IT, John says through a wet grin, and pushes a grass-covered ping pong ball in front of Nicole’s face. Nervous glances are exchanged throughout the party as we seek a way to…
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Macra-Mafia
September 8, 2015[dropcap]I[/dropcap] was making my boyfriend a knitted cap for his birthday when I ran out of the right colour of yarn. So I went to a supply store downtown to find more — they didn’t have any. So the proprietor,…
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Baby Shoes
September 7, 2015[dropcap]I[/dropcap] close the box and retie its pretty red ribbon. The box sits quietly on the table, the triumph being slowly sucked out of it. I lean back and place my hands upon my belly. I still feel as if…
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