Stories tagged “magical realism”
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Anne
She was tired. So tired. Her arms felt like hanging wet rags. Her stomach swished around like a fishbowl half-filled with water. Or acid. She was nerve-wrecked. The last time she opened a dictionary, her face was the epitome of exhaustion. Right there,...
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Sailor, Oh, Sailor!
After three summers, across the solid white quay, the red-haired sailor trudged through the ankle-deep shore back to me. Since his departure, a coastal war broke out. I was a boy when he left, but blood was now on my conscience. Over his shoulder, a ru...
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The Farmer's Lament
It’s always some darn thing. If there’s enough sun, there’s not enough rain. If there’s enough rain, there’s a late frost. If there’s no frost, just enough sun, just enough rain, if the seeds aren’t bad and the...
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And There It Was
Driving down 32, a country road with old people in Buicks driving the speed limit, the corn fields had been raped to the dirt and lay lifeless and covered in frost. Winter’s gray hurt my eyes, but I forgot my sunglasses that day. The day was dead...