Creative Non-Fiction

Insomnia by Melanie Masters

I can’t sleep because of a word beginning with e or i. Enigmatic? Iridescent? No. “You’re _____,” he said, reducing me to a single word and I, sleepless and dulled by wine, forget. Irresistible? I wish. Impossible.
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Mama Said, Mama Said, Said, Said By Cheryl Armon

Mama Said, Mama Said, Said, Said By Cheryl Armon

You’re special, so you’ll need to do great things; never wear pink; never depend on a man; learn the table manners of the highest class. I don’t use them but I can; never wear flats; think before you speak and be ready to back it up; put on lipstick; you look like a ghost without...
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Freaks by E. Keene

Freaks by E. Keene

  Freaks   To our right bearded men in turbans cajole the curious to buy a tee shirt, a Frisbee, balloons. To our left in the far distance stretches the Pacific Ocean, then closer a band of California sand, and finally grass abutting the boardwalk where freaks have unpacked their wares. Short-haired, dread-locked or...
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Drinking With Hemingway By David O’Neal

Drinking With Hemingway By David O’Neal

     The day before we met Hemingway the skiing was good. It was snowing and the going was sometimes hard. But we were young and strong and had skied well in spite of the snowstorm. The snow was soft and the falling down was part of it and the skiing was good.     ...
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Vientiane, Laos: Staring at You By Daniel Hudon

Vientiane, Laos: Staring at You By Daniel Hudon

      Why bathe your dream in space’s icy field why never turn around go back and find your home behind the incandescent solar shield fare homeward to life’s treasured loam? – Harry Martinson, Swedish Nobel Laureate   For breakfast, I drop into the nearby Scandinavian Bakery and images of American Independence Day...
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