Newsroom

Posted by bookncurls on April 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

This is the beginning of a story I was writing. I got the detail from being in a live newsroom as they were about to begin the evening newscast. All of this really happened (with different names) except for the offended person at the end of the the story. I added that for a little … Continue reading →

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Chariot Clouds

Posted by bookncurls on April 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

Clouds by Alicia Darley May 2005 Once at her brother’s soccer practice the wind blew in just a distinct way with just a precise temperature with a scent at just the correct potency tinkling a spectator sister into an altered mind. The soccer players’ round-a-kick-thud echoed the sound of the horses settling in the sky … Continue reading →

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Calculating

Posted by bookncurls on April 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

His leg was doing the butterfly flutter in the upper right corner of the room, his knee occasionally bumping the table. “We still have ten minutes. They’ll walk in,” he said looking around at the near empty rows. “And all swarming,” another guy added. Underneath his textbook a used piece of scratch paper he hadn’t … Continue reading →

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