June 2010
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Short Story Number One Hundred and Thirty
(Give me three words and i’ll write you a story.
Today’s three words are ‘Pylon, Cassette, Sour.’)
The boy was listening to his favorite cassette in his car. He was driving fast and hard and his heart was falling apart. He wanted her, that’s all he could think about. He wanted her and no one else. Now his life was sour. Now his life was flipping around in the...
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“They talked to each other and funny strange things started to grow between them.”
– Kerem Mermutlu
“I hate when people ask what a book is about. People who read for plot, people...”
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Short Story Number One Hundred and Twenty Nine
I was waiting for my phone to ring because he said he would call tonight and say something important. He said he wanted to call really late at night because then it would feel like we were the only two people in the whole world talking. Like it was our world. Like it was only us that could decide if talking really late at night on a school night was reckless or not. So i waited. And i drank...
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theoceanandthesky1 asked: i agree with the person before me! you are a very talented writer. also i love your name!
probecuriousity--deactivated201 asked: i enjoy your short stories.(:
girlhidingfromherthoughts-deact asked: I agree with others, you should definately, definately, definately pick up 'I am the messanger' again.
I found it to be amazing and it's my favourite book. It may take a couple of pages to get into it, but once your engaged, you won't be able to stop reading.
I found it to be amazing and it's my favourite book. It may take a couple of pages to get into it, but once your engaged, you won't be able to stop reading.
Short Story Number One Hundred and Twenty Eight
He was sitting and he was wondering what he was going to do with his life. He was sitting in the grass and looking at all the flowers. He felt as though the flowers were staring at him. He felt as though they wanted to hold him. He stared at them and waited for them to do something. He waited until nothing happened. Then he got up and started to walk back home. He would be an artist, he figured....
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
– Henry David Thoreau | Submitted by: bornonthe17th (via quote-book) (via vanessacopterr)
Short Story Number One Hundred and Twenty Seven
On the end of the girls necklace was a small tiny zebra. It was silver and it shined in the night because it wasn’t scared of the night. The zebra liked to show the night that it was happy and brave and had no doubt. The zebra was never alone. The zebra and the girl used to be scared. But once they became friends, they started to become incredible. They needed each other.
“When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come...”
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Anonymous asked: I don't want to be creepy, but you should post a picture of yourself. It kind of drives me crazy when I talk to someone, but I don't know what they look like!
Anonymous asked: A Thousand Splendid Suns? It's my very favorite
lenarrateur-deactivated20100723 asked: You should read A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans; it's an excellent book! I love your short stories, by the way.
silver-age asked: Have you ever picked up a book that took several attempts before you read them cover to cover? If yes, what was it? Where is the strangest place that you have ever read a book?
letssavetonyorlandoshouse-deact asked: Very morbid novel, but it's literally one of the most powerful endings i've ever read? It's really interesting but once in a while it will get a bit dull at parts. Still an amazing read
insperatafloruit asked: Whenever I've spoken to anyone about I Am The Messenger, the things they haven't liked about it (the language, the way it's written) are the things that stand out to me as very Australian elements, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it. It can be hard to understand/enjoy books that aren't written in a way you're not used to - for example, I don't enjoy...
“And that’s why books are never going to die. It’s impossible. It’s the only time...”
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Short Story Number One Hundred and Twenty Six
She was wearing her favourite dress. She was wearing it for him. She wanted him to say ‘wow, you look amazing, I love your dress.’ She waited for him. In the distance, he was coming. Then that feeling hit her in the chest. That nice hard feeling. He was very far away so he shouted, ‘wow, you look amazing.’ And then when he got close enough to hug her, he said ‘I...
“As always, one of her books was next to her.”
– Markus Zusak (via teachingliteracy)
tonightwinteriscoming asked: Where are you from?
“He looked at her and something punched his heart. Something hard and beautiful...”
– Kerem Mermutlu
Short Story Number One Hundred and Twenty Five
She missed the stories. She missed the way he always told his stories. He would tell a story every night and every morning. And they would be quick and smart and stupid and funny. One day, when he left her and didn’t come back, she didn’t miss him that much. She didn’t miss his look or his smell or his heart. She only missed his stories. So strange and stupid and crazy and...
“My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life...”
– Malcolm X (via teachingliteracy) (via booklover)
“There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.”
– Jeanette Winterson (Submitted by: theloverstraces) (via quote-book) (via applegamble) (via anjywanjy) (via mskzalameda)
Short Story Number One Hundred and Twenty Four
(Give me three words and i’ll write you a story.
Today’s three words are ‘Orange juice, Tulips, Outerspace.’)
The orange juice was sitting in the glass. He was thinking what would happen if someone threw him into the sky. If someone threw him so far up that he would hit outerspace. The orange juice liked this idea. He thought that it would be fun. He wondered if there...
“We were ready and we couldn’t wait. Our excitement was bursting through us...”
– Kerem Mermutlu 