Start Somewhere Aaron Steinmetz
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- Fiction
Storytelling that celebrates the early draft of the story. Start Somewhere: because everyone has to.
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Maya Love
Love is a fickle bed-fellow, and so is this bloke with cow and monkey and a colorful collection of pills. He'll find love, or kill trying.
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Once Upon a John
This urban fairy tale tells the story of a greasy fellow and his run-in with the love of someone else's life.
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What's Her Name
When love presents itself, one man will delay, plan, doubt, resolve, and fear himself into an intellectual quandary guaranteed to secure him solitude until his dying day. Enjoy this tragically true comedy about one man's failure to express himself in any meaningful way.
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The Maestro
Bad to worse is only the beginning of this maestro's problems in this bar story.
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Listen to Your Mom Exclamation Point
Everyone has to start somewhere, even your humble host. See the beginnings of Aaron Steinmetz in this whimsically awful short story written back in 1995, and enjoy my desperate attempts to revise it. And as a bonus, check out the original version at my website complete with notes from the teacher whose advice is quite solid. We should listen to her too.
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The Accidental Vigil
After his girlfriend Karen leaves him, one easily distracted man will remain in place for as long as it takes to enjoy the world around him, regardless of who tries to talk him out of it.