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Writing Assignment: How to write a précis

This is a high school writing assignment given to help students prepare for writing college-level academic critical essays. You are a lowly intern in the script department of a major movie studio. Every week, hundreds of short story manuscripts flood … Continue reading

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The Wedding Guest

Originally published in Ginosko Literary Journal(2020). In the sixties, when I was still in elementary school, retail businesses in the city stayed open later than they do now. Most stores closed at about 7:30 or 8:00. Drug stores, however, stayed … Continue reading

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The RIF

I read this excerpt from a much longer story at my graduate reading at  Vermont College of Fine Arts in July of 2019.  The entire story was later published as a chapbook by Blue Cubicle Press. Saturday Dietrich’s plate is … Continue reading

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