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Image: Adobe Stock An aging AI researcher, alone with her robot companion, must make a difficult decision when the android begins to malfunction. This short story is featured in our new special project: Half an eye half an eye on the glass front door I listened as Doris spoke. The rain washed the windows in waves of pattering insistence, grey skies glooming. The adjustor would be calling in this morning and the slips slips would be resolved. Solved.
Communism Doesn’t Work
Image: Kyle Thompson Photography, used with permission. Stuck in an apartment with his ex-boyfriend, a man meets with the government agent who will decide whether the couple has really broken up. This short story is featured in our new special project: I. Decision Maker This was before Atos, before any of those private contractors. It probably wouldn’t happen like this now. The lady was scheduled to arrive between four and five, a “decision maker” she was called in the letter.
Just Grab
I decided to buy a banana. It seemed like a good idea. At the café, a banana. A good idea, it seemed, so I couldn’t resist. A whole bunch of them dangled from the banana stand, all sexy like. A little stand hanger just for bananas—another good idea. People say bananas are sexy, then they smirk. They are thinking of fifth grade and sex-ed and motions behind the teacher’s back. But they are sexy, hugged up against one another in their crates. I say sexy but maybe I mean waiting. Maybe I mean a good idea.
The Long Distance Between Poems
Apr 29, 2016 6 Min read time On joy, pain, and a trick for overcoming writer's block Photograph: Emory University In the church where I was raised, adults made a sharp distinction between joy and happiness. Happiness felt good, but it was temporary, and because it was temporary, there was something about it not to be trusted.
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