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1,000 Words Each… Part 2
An Exercise in Short Fiction from Days Past.
The cliche goes that every picture is worth a thousand words, so a while back, two or three years ago, I think, I took it upon myself to try and do something in the way of short fiction which built on that very idea. I took images from artists I knew and wrote some fiction based on them.
I’ve decided to republish the second batch of stories here, because it’s a good idea to pass on, but I can’t use the original image inspirations because I don’t have permission. I have tried to approximate using similar images from public domain or Creative Commons sources.
Enjoy.
To Live in Hell or Die in Heaven?
It was a cloudy morning here in the foothills, here so far away from the city…the noise…the people. Introverts like myself, we needed these breaks from the chaos, and frequently at that. What could not be readily appreciated, though, was just how much more interesting the world looked without people in it. My college girlfriend Josie used to say that to me all the time but you had to be here, out in the wilderness before you really acquired a…
