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Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 17:18 in fiction, writing, short stories, short story, creative writing, short fiction, mark b. papale, mark papale
Los Angeles, United States “Ladies and gentlemen we will be beginning our decent into Los Angeles shortly the captain has turned on the fasten seat-belt sign. In preparation for landing…” It’s easy to ignore instruction like this, having he...
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Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 20:38 in fiction, mother, writing, short stories, short story, creative writing, oprah, daughter, shorts, suburbia, short fiction, mark b. papale
Carol pressed against the wall in the darkened hallway, careful to stay in the shadows and trying to remain as quite as possible, inhaling and exhaling with deliberate control from her mouth, avoiding the creak in the floor, a mere inches from where ...
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Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 22:09 in fiction, writing, short stories, short story, creative writing, shorts, short fiction, mark b. papale
Lorena took a sip of absinthe and swallowed, holding her breath. The verdant taste and smell caused her to gag and shudder from the top of her oily scalp to the bottom of her dry, flaky heels. It must be done, she thought, staring skeptically...
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Posted on Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 19:47 in short stories, short story, creative writing, shorts, short fiction, mark b. papale
Happy April. I apologize in advance, but this month I am a little busy working toward completing a revised draft of a project I am working on, tentatively titled, Soul Kiss. Because of this, I have decided to share a story I posted this time last ...
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Posted on Sunday March 2nd, 2008 at 15:57 in creative writing, playwriting, mark b. papale
Characters Tiffanie Sparks: A child star in her late 30’s who hit the big-time in her late teens and early 20s, then fell hard and into obscurity. Pappa Sparks: Tiffanie’s father. Mid 60’s, skinny, and always sweating. Pappa is Tiffanie’...
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Posted on Wednesday February 6th, 2008 at 14:41 in short stories, short story, creative writing, shorts, short fiction, mark b. papale, endofthisworld, surreal novel, virtual novel
The story below is an entry for consideration in EndOfThisWorld, a surreal novel whose creators started with an inciting event. Writers are invited to submit chapters that take the lead from the one previous, and ultimately the story leads to a glo...
One of the greatest short story writers out there in the blogosphere. He has a thing for what in movies would be called Film Noir. He's writing is filled with fantastic descriptions and the plots always end spectacular. He's one of my favourite authors.
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