Stories
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Between the Lines: "She's Already Made Up Her Mind"
She had these green eyes that looked at me like no one had ever looked at me before. It\’s intoxicating to be looked at like that. Everything else in the world disappeared when I was with her. I knew I was in trouble right from the start. All my friends told me she was too…
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Between the Lines: "Elephant"
She said, “Andy, you\’re better than your past. So you gotta just let it go. Regret doesn\’t do any of us any good, no way.” She\’d always been so good to me, even when I didn\’t deserve it. Somehow, she knew my heart was in the right place and she winked at me with that…
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Between the Lines: "Before It Falls"
The picture from the television keeps shifting the shadows in the room. The ceiling, a Rorschach test that I\’m failing. The lamp isn\’t on, but a light from down the hallway casts him in silhouette from where I\’m sitting on the floor leaning my back into the softness of the chair. I watch the ash…
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Between the Lines: "Tony"
Does anyone remember Tony? Of course you do. He was a quiet boy … a little over weight. He had breasts like a girl. Yeah. Him. Tony. Well, I sat behind him in class. Lucky me, right? When I wasn’t too busy feeling lonely and pissed because Jeanne wasn\’t into me, I’d stare over his…
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Between the Lines: "I Told Him That My Dog Wouldn't Run"
I sat in the corner, in my usual booth. It\’s one of the only ones that doesn\’t have duct-tape somewhere on the vinyl. And I can watch everyone coming and going from my perch there in the corner. So I saw him when he first walked in, but I didn\’t really believe my eyes. I…