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Small Stories by Ben: July 2006
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Small Stories by Ben. Thursday, July 13, 2006. Bug in a Bottle". I'm the smallest, saddest kid in school, Jason thought. He knew it was true. An unconscious part of him, not awake or aware, knew he'd be trying to get girls interested in him because of his misery. He was writing poetry already, he just didn't know why yet. He would. Jason had one object he carried with him everywhere. It was a small jelly jar with holes poked in the lid and a fat waterbug crawling around inside. It was useful havi...His p...
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Small Stories by Ben: January 2006
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Small Stories by Ben. Thursday, January 19, 2006. With apologies to the UCB team - I filched the title. Me and Joanie were living out of my lime-green, rusty, kickass van for all of that summer. It was really cool most of the time. We could go anywhere we wanted, and every time we needed money she just called her dad. Oh Daddy, I really think I’m ready to come home this time. I just need money for the ticket, and I can’t leave Moose with nothing. He looks so skinny. Something must make it special, I said.
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Small Stories by Ben: February 2006
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Small Stories by Ben. Wednesday, February 15, 2006. What She Says Now. First draft. I'll have another go at it later, but for now I'm moving on. I took Erika to a romantic dinner for our fifth anniversary. It seemed natural to talk about how we started. It’s hard for me to know exactly because we’ve been in each other’s lives since sixth grade, when her family moved to my town. Childhood friendship turns into grown-up love, and all that. You were ten, I say. Doesn’t matter. Sometimes you just know. It al...
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Small Stories by Ben: August 2006
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Small Stories by Ben. Sunday, August 20, 2006. Quick Kills and Losses" - opening. Arthur woke up slowly. Jenny was up already, and cooking something simple and nice. She was happy to do it, and happy to send him off to work. Arthur lay in bed thinking of ways to apologize. It was force of habit - this time, there were no angry words from the night before that required an apology. Arthur laughed when he realized it. He slid open the shower door and Jenny was standing naked on the tiles. She smiled and...
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Penny Rene's Milk Memo: Last Words
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Laquo; Where It's At. August Moon ». 4 · Mar · 2006. In August 2000 a Russian submarine, the Kirsk, only 100 kilometers from its nations border, sank to the bottom of the sea. Engines went off and never came on again. All 18 seamen on board perished. Later, when three bodies were finally recovered, a letter that had been written in the last moments of life was found on one man, Captain Lieutenant Dmitri Kolesnikov. He was a newlywed and the letter was to his wife, Olga. It read:. My dearest Olga,. This i...
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Small Stories by Ben: June 2006
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Small Stories by Ben. Thursday, June 15, 2006. Why is it taking me so damn long to post? Sorry if you came here looking for something new. It'll happen. I believe in words appearing here. Ben wrote this @ 1:50 AM. Quick Kills and Losses - opening. Bug in a Bottle. Ldquo;What She Says Now”. Coming too soon - Adventures In Mating. Saucy and savvy and sexy, and a nice woman, Bree. Comedian, lawyer, and a nice woman, Michelle. I should be writing but I'm wasting time on the IRC. And a nice woman.