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Proof’s Hammer
January 9, 2010 in 299 Words, Business, Class Work, Education, Fiction, Flash Fiction, language, Philosophy, School, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: language, Philosophy, School, Threat, Work | by davidbdale | 9 comments
Black and White each had doubts that the other existed, but for White the question had consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
Leaving Miller’s Farm
November 28, 2009 in 299 Words, Disability, Drinking, Drunk Driving, Education, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Memory, School, Short stories, Stories, Theater, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Accident, Adolescent, Disability, Drinking, Inspiration | by davidbdale | 4 comments
The children want to learn from me, but not until they know I’m someone with a knowledge. You’ll see at the assembly the moment they turn receptive, at which point you’ll know you’re getting your money’s worth. Read the rest of this entry »
The Gallagher-von-Durfeldoms
November 6, 2009 in 299 Words, Culture, Destiny, Education, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, novels, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Cult, Family, Incest, Tradition | by davidbdale | 8 comments
We are the family of everyone who means us no harm, whatever the results of what they do. We love Pizza Friday, snow days, and getting into pajamas in the afternoon when we’ve spent the day at the beach. Read the rest of this entry »
Particle Accelerator
September 21, 2008 in 299 Words, Education, Entertainment, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, How-To, Literature, novels, School, Science, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | by davidbdale | 9 comments
Ron and Don are in the same class. Jesus wept. Lovely, youthful, naive boy-god Jesus didn’t know the half of it. I go behind the burning bush outside the cafeteria and puke. They could so easily be separated, I tell the principal Read the rest of this entry »
Fully Loaded
August 17, 2008 in 299 Words, Education, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, novels, Politics, School, Security, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Violence, Writing | by davidbdale | 7 comments
As far as I’m concerned, no teacher goes into a classroom without concealed weapons. I know I never have. Chalk is a bullet in the right hands. Students have no idea what I’m up to or whether what I’m teaching them is algebra or how to live. Read the rest of this entry »
Girl for Sale
March 18, 2008 in 299 Words, Business, Childhood, Education, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Life, Money, School, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Ambition, Buy, Cost, Daughter, Girl, Memory, Money, Regret, Sell | by davidbdale | 10 comments
Neighbors and strangers are holding bits of my childhood up to the sunlight, the better to judge them. Mom and I have arranged the tables in loose chronological order; attentive shoppers moving clockwise will see my unformed adolescent self unfold into hopeful young womanhood over there by the plum tree. Read the rest of this entry »
Secret School
November 25, 2007 in 299 Words, Education, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, School, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Children, Parent, Precocious, School, Subversive | by davidbdale | 9 comments
Our neighborhood had leafy lanes and wide sidewalks and neighbors—not just people who lived next door—and no kindergarten. There weren’t enough five- and six-year-olds together to fill a classroom; fifth and sixth grades had been combined and third was on the cut list. Read the rest of this entry »
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