aslargeasalone
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
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Getting back into the flow of writing, mostly with wordplay and poems. I'm a creative soul, from childhood to middle age, and my joy is to produce new things the world has never seen before. I'm an educator from the USA working as a college professor of lit and music. I'm learning to love myself little by little.
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Cow Rite 3: Rite of Whey
Polishing her well-fingered nails against a strip of garish colored sandpaper above the visor, Ossie…
Published 10 years ago.
Cow Rite 2: Ray of Wight
Loping along the highway in a bustle of activity and a Winebagel Scampmaster, Ossiary Lefthook spran…
Published 10 years ago.
Cow Rite 1: The Hour Itself
The day of the Cow Rite had arrived, like a lover who had blacked out overnight and had finally come…
Published 10 years ago.
Gone With the Draft
Tonia saw the tiny robotic bug skitter underneath the sealed metal door and into the Writing Room. X…
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Solitude, Isolation, and Loneliness
She came home and began to write by the light of a candle:
When it started, my forced adulthood, I c…
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Rooting for the Villain
Of course there are many who fear and hate Jason Voorhees, the masked killer from Crystal Lake; he b…
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DIY Three-Word Prompt: The Poe Shadow, never, my, from
" Never from my lips would come a word of criticism about this site, but I have a few ideas that m…
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Cape-Fear
There's a new super-villain in town, Dark Cloak. Their face is never seen, but they seem powerful an…
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Elizabethan Fishwife's Tale
Last year I wrote an essay on edible fish; during a performance of an Elizabethan play this evening,…
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Legends Alike
ME: Hey, I heard that Karl Urban, the actor who plays Dr. McCoy in the new Star Trek films, is the t…
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Song: "Brockton" (Introduction)
It’s time to come back, it’s time to come home
I’ll find my way home to Brockton
Though I’ve been aw…
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Red Hairing
Communism really only works on paper. Don’t try to use Communism with plastic, wood, metal, or gloss…
Published 10 years ago.
Let your Pages do the Walking
The King sent out a messenger into the Wide World to seek out information. The messenger did not ret…
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Anti-Biker Vows
All of us--Troy, Maxine, and I--made a solemn vow to protect the liter of wine from the biker gang. …
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Dog Kettle Door
My hand was burnt on the kettle
Just as it began to boil
My hand was bitten by a dog
I’d always thou…
Published 10 years ago.
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