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Peter Imsdahl

June 25, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

(Frog Walks Into a Bar) By Peter Imsdahl “Why do they jump?” Paul asked, fingering a twig he had picked up from the forest floor on their way to the clearing, a swath of forest cut clear of trees, seemingly just for them. There was a fallen log in the middle of it that they … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, father-son relationship, Fiction, German writers in English, short story

Jacqueline Doyle

May 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

YOU NEVER KNOW by Jacqueline Doyle “Thank God for small blessings,” the woman in the seat next to me repeats. “All I can say is thank God. You never know, do you? You just never know.” “Here’s your complimentary club soda, sir, and your peanuts. That will be seven dollars for the Jack Daniels.” I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: airplane, contemporary american fiction, Fiction, jacqueline doyle, story

The Great George Saunders On The Importance of Kindness

April 24, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

Check out this beautiful animated video inspired by George Saunders’ commencement speech given at Syracuse University. The same speech inspired the book Congratulations, By The Way.

Posted in: News Tagged: books, Fiction, George Saunders, Kindness

Mark Crimmins

April 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

WHAT CHARLIE SAID by Mark Crimmins He told me that the first time he met me he thought I was an asshole, because I had replied to everything he said with one word: right. He said he realized that I wasn’t an asshole later, when we were watching the Gerber machine make laser patterns at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, Fiction, flash fiction, Literature, Short Stories

Rebecca Givens Rolland

March 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

REVEALING THE FACE by Rebecca Givens Rolland It was an ordinary morning when Sarah first met the girl. Sarah was standing in her third-floor office brushing her hair, only a little more briskly than she would have at home. A few quick short strokes, just enough to neaten, then she put the flat black brush in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: Fiction, rebecca givens rolland, speech pathology
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