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Tan Lines
July 9, 2010 in 299 Words, Childhood, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Club, Dancer, Family, Guilt, Memory, Secret, Sex | by davidbdale | 8 comments
We boys had a club in the attic of Mitchell’s garage, the whole time I knew him and until he disappeared. We had handshakes and irrelevant passwords to guard against infiltration attempts that sadly never occurred. Read the rest of this entry »
Same Earth New Lie
October 31, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Betrayal, Cheat, Family, Lie, Lovers, Promise, Secret, Sport | by davidbdale | 5 comments
We stepped out from under the big tent into the day. The bright round world, so numerous it can’t be counted, presented to me one of its faces, green and fresh with rain, sky shimmering behind the clouds, leaves sparkling in the fragrant breeze. Read the rest of this entry »
Princess or Tiger
April 1, 2007 in 299 Words, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Life, novels, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Fable, Literature, Logic, Mystery, Secret | by davidbdale | 11 comments
I used to think the drama was all on this side of the three doors, but as the tale unfolds I begin to appreciate how startled the princess or the tiger might be, when the door swings open, to confront the condemned man standing in the hallway of the apartment building at lunchtime. Read the rest of this entry »
A Very Good Picture
February 24, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, novels, Poetry, reading, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Illicit, Secret, Yearning | by davidbdale | 9 comments
She’s staying at the only good hotel in town, a place I’ve never been, and giving a paper, whatever that means, and wants to see me while she’s here. We’ve never met, but I know things about her I would never ask anyone else. Read the rest of this entry »
Blackmail Heart
October 16, 2006 in 299 Words, Books, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Blackmail, Confess, Handicap, Laugh, Pity, Secret, Sibling | by davidbdale | 3 comments
Yes I want water, and a tongue I can arch to hurry the water down, and thumbs I can stick in my ears, and fingers I can wiggle to praise the almighty, Read the rest of this entry »
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