Fiction
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The Summer of 2036
Category: Flash FictionThe Summer of 2036 The summer of 2036 was tough for everyone–humans and animals and plants. Drought for some, flooding for others. Rising oceans washed away coastal areas. And the heat. Dreadful heat, surrealistically bitter cold every freezing winter. Followed by summers that scorched. Pierre lived near Paris. One morning he looked at his large…
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Access Radio May 27 2026
Category: Flash FictionThis Access Radio features a great discussion on disabilities and medications, with host Dave Thompson and guest Download PDF
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A Modern Career Choice
Category: Flash FictionA Modern Career Choice Carl’s choice was critical to his future happiness. He was 18 and ready to start the rest of his life. Work would dominate his waking hours, five days every week. What career should he choose? He ruled out student loans–with their forever debt—which in turn ruled out education and training. His…
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A Modern Career Choice
Category: Flash FictionA Modern Career Choice Carl was 18 and ready to start the rest of his life. Work would dominate his waking life, at least eight hours every weekday. His choice was critical to his future happiness. What career should he choose? Not using student loans–with their forever debt–ruled out education and work training. His career…
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Gifting
Category: Flash FictionGifting Arnold, 80, loved giving gifts. His children and grandchildren lived in other cities, so they had to receive gifts by mail, not in person. He sold his greeting card company while he still could—in this new age, he lost business to email gift cards. People used to purchase a card or gift by going…
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Desmond’s New Trees
Category: Flash FictionDesmond’s New Trees It was a bad time for trees. Climate change, pollution and wildfires challenged them—but they endured. Their suffering caused by people. Desmond knew he must act—he believed the world needed to treat trees better, and so he literally created new branches. An experienced agriphysicbiotheorist, he developed unique seeds and started an orchard. …
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World Poetry Cafe May 7 2026 with Ed Woods and Rebecca Clifford
Category: Flash FictionThis is the extended version of the CFRO FM, Vancouver, 57 minute broadcast. This version runs over one hour, eighteen minutes. Some audio difficulties which I did my best on. This is Ed’s first time as an interviewer, and he interviews his friend and guest, Rebecca Clifford. You likely have not heard of her, she…
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Me And Semaglutides
Category: Flash FictionMe And Semaglutides The tides have washed upon my shores and there is nothing semi about them. I had weighed 204 pounds, over a year managed to get it to 190. I did not ask my doctor about semaglutides to lose weight but because I had read an article in the NY Times about the…
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Bernie Questions New Meds
Category: Flash FictionBernie Questions New Meds It was not easy, being 80. Bernie naturally wondered why death from aging had not yet been cured. Was it a conspiracy? Bernie’s first thought: funeral homes, secretly lobbying to ensure business continued. Next possibility: Pharma–big pharmaceutical companies made more money keeping folks alive only temporarily, benefitting from turnover. None of…
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Arnold Wonders What Women Think About
Category: Flash FictionArnold Wonders What Women Think About Could it all be about hormones? Arnold, a novelist, knew women thought—but he had no idea about what or how it was different from how men thought. He assumed women were concerned about careers and accomplishment, mating and having children, stability. At least, that is what women told him,…