backdrifter

Girl Vignette #2: Henry (648 words)

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:36:51 GMT

( Nobody ever fucks with her. )

Girl Vignette #1: Rajit and Alan (436 words)

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:35:34 GMT

( She likes to pull on his chest hair sometimes, just for the sound he makes when she does. )

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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:55:51 GMT

( He didn't see Respa at all the next day, and what was worse was that this left him open to Romy finding him. )

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:55:47 GMT

( 'You made friends with him?!' Romy screeched, hands like a flock of panicking birds around his head. )

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:12:47 GMT

( For once, Ryan felt alert as he took his homeroom seat. )

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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:04:47 GMT

( Blood was leaking from Jeffrey Bergstrom's nose. )

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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:03:23 GMT

( It was lunch period when Respa approached him the next day. )

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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:37:58 GMT

( Ryan sometimes wished he'd been born in January, or even July. )

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:07:59 GMT

( His fever was coming down the next day, but not enough that Ryan could go back to school, and so Mrs. Allen was called in again to park herself on the couch and rarely move. )

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:40:25 GMT

( Dillon was like a hawk, circling Ryan in wide, far-flung arcs during recess as he watched him intently. )

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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:35:32 GMT

( It was the third time Miss Vaughn called his name during attendance that Ryan finally answered. )

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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:32:03 GMT

( INTERVIEWER: Are you ready to continue, Ryan? )

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:51:54 GMT

( AUDIO TRANSCRIPT : SESSION #1 )

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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:57:21 GMT

It's that time of year again! NaNoWriMo 2009, go go go

( When the first knock at the door sounded, Ryan was already running. )

91135 THE END

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:45:02 GMT

( Sure, he saw Horace’s point…that wasn’t stopping him from tying his shoelaces at a quarter to midnight. )

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:33 GMT

( He never hated hospitals, really. )

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:05:34 GMT

( The 'monkey suit' was pretty slick, he had to admit. )

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:21 GMT

This chapter de-italicized for your pleasure.

( 'Welcome to your new home, Class of Oh Two,' the van driver chuckled, wiping a hairy hand across his nose as he laughed. )

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:24:28 GMT

( When Respa awoke the next morning, there was a commotion coming from Horace’s bedroom. )

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:36:49 GMT

( The downside of crashing at Horace’s place, he discovered that night, was that when Shaun stayed the night, the two of them were fairly noisy—especially Shaun. )

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:52:43 GMT

( 'We keep seeing you around here,' Teri commented, wagging a cigarette between her index and middle fingers. )

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:44:19 GMT

( When he arrived at St. Luke’s in Manhattan, he wasn’t carrying Kathy nearly so high, and his stride wasn’t quite as long. )

Punk Rock Boy (100 words)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:52:11 GMT

( 'One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead,' Respa sang softly, leaning down to whisper it into Ryan's ear. )

Ka-mi-za-ki (1000 words)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:49:40 GMT

( My sister sat at my mother’s feet, fiddling with two worn-looking hairbands while my mother plaited her hair. )

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:42:51 GMT

( Respa didn’t go home that night. )