Author: Jamie
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Thing Writing
Our brains are filled with the whispering of objects, the shrieking presence of things we lust after or despise or simply want to ignore but can’t for all the noise. It seems impossible to write fiction without addressing it but so little does. Part of this is the nature of the medium. The contemporary novel or short story is a ghostly place, a necropolis where memories are dissected and pinned to the page.
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Can you believe I work in a bank?
Kids in the Hall “Bank People”
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Student loans begin
Red ink (Wondering whether two fine arts degrees was a brilliant use of my student loan money!)
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Petty Gripes and Halloween Horrors
A large pile of garbage has accumulated outside my front door. One of my neighbors is fighting with our landlord. She leaves bags of refuse just outside of the receptacle, untied and upside down so as to better disgorge their payload of soiled panty-liners onto the pavement in front of our house. The cans are in a wire enclosure a few yards away, very easy to access; convenience and squeamishness are not the issue here.
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Fire!
Came home to a house in flames… nothing too serious: sprinklers went off, many things are drenched, smoke damage etc. Not sure if it’s better than the carbon monoxide, different definitely
