Written in Writing the Essay class as an exercise on a James Dickey poem, 11/07/01 ( Read more... )

"Let's run away to Europe together," she said, and she let her chin lose its balance on his shoulder. His fingers lightly stroked her hair and then gently put back in place the black spaghetti strap that had slipped off her shoulder ( Read more... )

From 07/25/00 (another one formerly on my site but removed for various reasons ( Read more... )

From 9/20/99 (formerly appeared on my actual site, since been edited for general crappiness; it's still very crappy, just slightly less so, and still just as embarrassing ( Read more... )

Alternate (unfinished) ending to the short story, "Happy Ending While the others ordered their drinks, Natalie leaned over the table and hovered above the condiments unstably with a look of mischief on her face. I leaned forward and she whispered something into my ear. I didn't catch all of it, but I did distinctly hear "Nik" and "move" and "now ( Read more... )

From sometime in 1999 or 2000 (formerly on my site, but taken off because it's embarrassingly bad, now appearing here though, because here it's somehow okay - or more okay - to be bad):

I'm so sorry, Issa. I'm so sorry. He was a good man. At least it was quick, huh? Relatively painless. He didn't suffer long. I'm so sorry, Issa. It's a ( Read more... )

From 8/19/99 (unfinished as well, and some of the names have been changed to protect the embarrassed writer ( Read more... )

From 11/29/00 (very unfinished ( Read more... )

For Writing the Essay class, 10/24/01 ( Read more... )

For Writing the Essay class, 10/22/01 ( Read more... )