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“Andre’s dog, Gary Carter, barked incessantly until a neighbor came to the door.”
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Some love for my short story, “Based on True Events,” published by Mixer.
(Find “Based on True Events” as part of The Andre Stories.)
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I watched as he sang and danced and laughed at his own lyrics. He seemed, at that moment, distant from the man he had been.
“You know what the problem was with Maddie,” Andre said, trying to make eye contact with me. “She loved me.”
He sat down on the couch, his ass sliding closer to the edge. He closed his eyes. An odd grin, almost baleful, crossed his face. He repeated those last words again, softly, like an exhale.
Andre was dead by morning.
”"Based on True Events" - in the Spotlight at Mixer!
Very excited to have my short story, “Based on True Events,” in the Spotlight at Mixer Publishing. Thanks to everyone for the support. Footnote Boosh!
(A follow-up story to “Based on True Events,” which focuses on Andre’s father, Dennis, after Andre’s death, was published by Assisi: “We’re Grownups After All.”)
”’You know what the problem was with Maddie,’ Andre said, trying to make eye contact. ‘She loved me.’
He sat down on the couch, his ass sliding closer to the edge. He closed his eyes. An odd grin, almost baleful, crossed his face. He repeated those last words again, softly, like an exhale.
Andre was dead by morning.”
“Based on True Events,” Mixer (Halloween Issue!)
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Based on True Events, published in Mixer (Finalist for the Flatmancrooked Fiction Prize)
