What you should do sometime in your life: Get grass stains on your knees. Grow your own food. Learn to swim. Learn to ride a bike. Learn to fly. Get kissed. Get dumped. Hear a joke that makes you laugh so hard you cry. Tell a joke that makes somebody laugh really loud. Believe in …
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The Authentic Writer
AND WHAT MAKES YOU A WRITER? Symptoms of being a writer are these: You’re always writing something, whether it’s a list, stream of consciousness prose, a song, a poem, a novel, a screenplay, and/or graffiti on a wall. You can’t possibly use all the ideas for stories that you have. You love the smell of …
Advice to young men
For young men: Be aware that no matter how many words you use when you’re talking to a young woman, she will consider it a conversation. For instance, if you were playing a sport with a girl and you wanted her to know that it was fun and that she was a valuable member of …
‘Barchive
“Why is it a ‘barchive?” Only because it’s fun to play with words. If people everywhere said the same words over and over, life would be really dull. Lifeless, even. Is it a ‘blog? Sure. It’s a weblog and a webarchive and a selling point for my upcoming novels. It’s an ad station and a …
Free Short Fiction
Regulation Generation — a short story by Kurt Gailey The Commander gave a seethingly contemptuous look at the Second Class PO behind the supply counter. He picked up the pen that dangled innocently from its silver-beaded chain, and he imagined burying it in the PO’s skull. The Commander reminded himself who he was and how he …
