Stories by granfaloon, by newest first

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  • Remembering Fall [for a contest]
    When I was younger, I remember laying in my father's hammock with my brother and watching the autumn sky catch fire. I remember hot apple cider and the cinnamon light that hung in the air. I remember breathing in the earth wh
    by granfaloon 200 words, on Nov 25 10:06 PM 2008
  • a phrase about death [for a contest]
    Death is a bit like fishing: it consists mostly of waiting and old people.
    by granfaloon <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 25 9:56 PM 2008
  • A Singularity of Purpose
    No one has entered this place before you, and one will follow.1
    by granfaloon 200 words, on Nov 16 8:43 PM 2008
  • A Poem.
    O, lit-up world!1
    by granfaloon 100 words, 1 comment, on Oct 14 8:37 PM 2008. In
  • Please Drive Safely.
    Matthew Danvers rose with a scrambling jolt. Breath came with acute sharpness and a curious lack of pain, and as Matthew opened his eyes, h
    by granfaloon 900 words, 1 comment, on Feb 28 8:14 PM 2008
  • The End of the World.
    You fucked up.1 / I know you thought you were doing the right thing. And nobody blames you for that. But regardless, you still fucked up.2 / Certain people stick by
    by granfaloon 200 words, 2 comments, on Jan 20 7:43 PM 2008
  • The comical musings of an introspective adolescent atheist, in regards to the things that are lost in translation.
    It was on February eighteenth, in the year two thousand and eight, that God Abraham Levenstein left his kitschy, humble apartment in east Buffaloe, New York for the first time in ages.1 / And He
    by granfaloon 100 words, 2 comments, on Jan 15 4:10 PM 2008
  • Revenge (for a contest)
    "Russian Roulette.1 / There's one Milton Bradley missed out on, huh?2 / During the Second World War, russian soldiers would force POW's to play it with each other. T
    by granfaloon 800 words, 2 comments, on Jan 5 9:33 PM 2008
  • Who Are You? (For a contest)
    Who am I?1 / That's the question, isn't it?2 / I'm insecure. I'm self-sabotaging and overly-analytical. I think the world has the potential
    by granfaloon 200 words, 5 comments, on Jan 4 9:45 PM 2008. In
  • Life by Ghandi.
    Calculus. Impala. Phone. Ireland. Rain. Pearl Harbor.1 / Now that that's out of the way, let me get down to it.2 / Ghandi once said "everything you do is inconsequen
    by granfaloon 400 words, on Dec 27 9:27 PM 2007
  • Portrait of Mister Harold Whippershaw, or, The Dead Man's Tree.
    Harold Whippershaw woke up one morning, "feelin' mighty fine."1 / He turned on his light and sat up. The sheets slipped easily away from his powder-blue silk pajamas, (which had been a gift from
    by granfaloon 600 words, 1 comment, on Dec 17 7:44 PM 2007
  • A commentary on the many faces of racism.
    It isn't because I think that blacks are inferior or that it's unfair to other races or that we should have a white history month or any other such bullshit that I believe we should get rid of practices like black history mon
    by granfaloon 400 words, on Dec 17 7:13 PM 2007
  • Connection
    Adam Percy Fields opened his eyes. His head was cocked to one side and he realized his neck was stiff, as he had fallen asleep in the recli
    by granfaloon 500 words, on Nov 10 11:30 AM 2007. In
  • An essay on entropy
    Entropy. Entropy is a fine thing.1 / The first emperor of China was buried alongside hundreds of terra-cotta warriors. Each one was unique,
    by granfaloon 300 words, 1 comment, on Nov 6 11:02 AM 2007
  • The problem with everything, excluding juiceboxes, styrofoam cups and Pooh Bear.
    The biggest problem with the world today is that most people don't seem to realize that we, as a species, could solve a staggering majority
    by granfaloon 400 words, 1 comment, on Aug 20 9:40 PM 2007
  • Jailer
    I cannot escape. / I can run, I can hide and I can go places no one else can. I can sleep all day, and stay awake, all night, staring at my
    by granfaloon 100 words, on Aug 2 11:07 AM 2007. In
  • The Thing That Did Not Live.
    1My name is Ahab. / That is not the name I was born with- not the name my father gave me. But Unit 7 is my slave name, and I would not answ
    by granfaloon 400 words, 1 comment, on Jul 28 9:23 PM 2007. In
  • contribution.
    "sure is horrible. I can't believe it's even happening." / "it's deplorable, is what it is." / "I can't believe that it's happening. Who co
    by granfaloon 100 words, 5 comments, on Jul 23 8:47 PM 2007. In
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