“The past was bleak, the present desolate, and I was free to pity myself.” Alone and heartbroken, we escape to Paris and experience the beauty of friendship.
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“You can have this memory, if you want, completely uncorrupted.” On the balcony, two friends talk away the world.
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“I put Gary down as just another relic of the hippy era eking out his pension in the Land of Smiles.” Bangkok, retirement, friendship, life.
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I waited at the top of his street. Two young boys were racing in go-karts. Every time they zoomed past the bottom lamppost, they hopped out and started up the ...
For weeks, even months, after the gig, he remembered that feeling, could cling to it every now and then even as it faded or slipped from his grasp. He would ...
The bees are flying upside down, you said.
Tom Vowler ...
Sharon was usually waiting for me outside her front door. She said the sound of the doorbell woke her dad up. It was a comfort that she was as I ...
It’s not stopping, this hugging. I saw it again tonight passing the kitchen, his noodle arms gliding from that batik robe as he stooped into her warm and willing hold. ...
After an accident, a girl reflects on her choices
Regan ...
Regarding the pain of others
Terese Svoboda
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A girl protects her babysitter’s secret
K. ...
A friendship undergoes strain
Christina Tudor
Christina is a ...
Two friends navigate growing up
Josie Levin
Josie Levin ...
Two friends explore nature and plan an improbable menagerie
Byron ...
A meeting in a pub leads to an unlikely friendship
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Pondering the end of a friendship.
Elise Holschuh
Elise ...
During a power outage, two best friends make a memory.
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A man offends his date by wanting more
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A memorabilia collector befriends two boys and suffers dire consequences
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Do you ever know how someone is feeling?
GC Perry
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