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F is for Fabulist
Is anyone concerned about this news that the earth may be running out of chocolate? I don’t want to seem dramatic about it but I’m not sure life is worth living without chocolate. Now, I know what you’re thinking, But Madame … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, Construction, F-train, fable, Humor, Mass transit, New York, NYC, satire, Subway
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Prologue
As The Exposer passed the cookhouse a low moan beat against her eardrums. They were force-feeding Betsy-the-Four-Hundred-Pound-Baby again. She always put up such a fuss. It might seem odd; why employ a Four-Hundred-Pound-Baby who didn’t like to eat? Big Al, … Continue reading
Day 17, Somebody Get Me a Valium With a Michael Phelps Chaser
The story of young Beauregard Fritzen’s road to the Olympics is a bumpy one. On the boy’s eighth birthday Pocko, his turtle and only friend, was struck down by polio. At age twelve, Fritzen’s neighbor’s milkman was blinded in one … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Ben, Closing ceremonies, Gold Medal, Humor, London, Michael Phelps, NBC, New York City, olympic coverage, Olympics, television
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News of My Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Hello my online pals. This is going to be short. I wanted to let you all know I am decidedly not dead, although occasionally lying in a pool of my own disoriented drool. Have you missed me? No doubt you … Continue reading
In Which Madame Paradox Dives Off A Cliff
As a general rule the David clan is not what one would call outdoorsy. We don’t hunt buffalo, or jog, things of that nature. As you can see from the adorably undead pallor in my bio photo I don’t go … Continue reading
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Tagged Abseiling, George Clooney, Greece, home, Humor, inspiration, motivational, moving, rappelling, Retsina, rock face, Skyros
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Mr. M.
“Here’s your dinner Mr. M.,” the nurse’s aide said. She wore a My Name is Brandi tag on her pink uniform. “Brandi of the Billings High School Basement,” I said. “Might you have a pitcher of Hippocras hiding in the … Continue reading
The Lily Eater
In the waiting and the wanting there came a silence, where the rustling leaves were muffled, and the birds ceased to sing. There, inside that muted instant, he rose from the water, a man like no other. His flesh so … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, flash fiction, flower, Garlands, lily pond, LitStack, little girl, May Day, photo prompt, short story, water lily
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Step Aside Angelina, He’s Mine
Apparently it is award season here on the interwebs. Not something as pedestrian as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, mind you. No friends, I mean award season in the land of blogs, and I have been given the Liebster … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, architecture, art history, artist's model, blog, Brad Pitt, Fiction, Humor, Jane Friedman, Liebster Blogging Award, museums, nonfiction, sacred spaces
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Welcome to Paradoxia, Leave Your Valentines at the Door
I saw a Whitman’s Sampler heart discarded on the asphalt this weekend. Obviously someone’s pre-valentine’s binging has gotten out of hand. Is it any wonder? No holiday short of New Year’s has more pressure and expectation dripping off its hungry … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaucer, Chocopologie, Colin Firth, Esther A. Howland, Humor, Sweethearts, The Secret City, Valentine's Day, Whitman's Sampler, Zombie Bon Bons
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Madame Paradox 
The Infernal Humanity Tank
Once again the blog LitStack: For the love of all things wordy has provided me with some inspiration. However, I must confess I broke the rules this time. My flash fiction challenge is double the length it’s supposed to be. … Continue reading →