Tag: stories
member name: Julie Ann Shapiro
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May 17, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
The afghan blanket Grandma knitted when Brad went off to college curled in a ball around his feet. Pulling the blanket up over his head, sleep came and with it an unsettling . . .
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May 31, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
Swatches of Chinese silk in vivid red and lavender fly through the air. My grand daughter in her mid-thirties reaches for the cloth. I see in her mirror a shape forming; a slim, gray haired woman with . . .
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August 24, 2008 10:25 PM EDT --
Every third person I know is looking for work. Most are writers, business consultants, web developments, anyone in marketing and a ton of sales people from the mortgage industry. They say unemployment . . .
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June 28, 2008 01:20 AM EDT --
Sal, a finder of misplaced objects notices the sunglasses, flip flops and boxers left on the pathway heading to the beach. They are his gifts today, so gallant is he of these strays seeking ownership. . . .
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September 17, 2008 03:11 PM EDT --
Wolves have entered our subconscious. They're on the TV, the Net. It's more than politics. I think these majestic, beautiful animals are trying to convey a message. The wolf as an animal totem . . .
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June 16, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
Over the years I've been fascinated by seeing solitary shoes in unusual places. A poem I wrote five years ago grew into a short story, and then evolved into my novel.
In that novel, Jen-Zen . . .
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September 14, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
When did you first get the idea for the book, 50 Frogs, 5 Babes and One Dog?
My friends always told me to write about my internet dating experiences. One night, it came to me-the first . . .
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July 28, 2008 10:01 PM EDT --
I walked from the Swiss Hotel along the Bosphorous Harbor meandering towards the New Mosque. My feet touched a path mixed with cobblestones and smoothened concrete. Pastel colored buildings in varying . . .
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