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“Border Crystal” by John Washington, Arizona

“Border Crystal” by John Washington, Arizona

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT This story won the “Borders” contest in February 2010 Get to know John better by going Behind the Story He said that he came to work, not to cross the wall this time, but just to work in some of the factories along the border, and […]

“Never Say Goodbye: A dialogue on approaching borders” by Tillo di Lorenzo Badia, Moscow

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT T: What a terrible idea to move when you’re heartbroken. No more New York Times on your doorstep, no more cappuccino lying in the sun, no more Pakistani cabbies in the streets, no more miles of eastern beaches. Just that one feeling, the one everyone has […]

“Ba Oi” by Anna Matussek, Hanoi

“Ba Oi” by Anna Matussek, Hanoi

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT Ba  Oi!1        You see me every day. I see you peeking through the gates, regarding me critically as I return from work, getting off my bicycle, a little sweaty, my helmet on (of foreign origin, it says ‘california pro’ and is really a skateboard helmet-where I […]

“Beats Any Toy” by Lauren Frey-Daisley, NYC

topic: MONEY medium:TEXT, VIDEO This story was shared at a PenTales event themed “Making Ends Meet” After my parents’ divorce, our family’s house became Dad’s house. Weekends there became not normal weekends, but very exciting trips. Mom had taken our beds with her when we moved out, so at Dad’s […]

“Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars” by Noah Wunsch, NYC

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales Event themed “Making Ends Meet” The email simply reads, “I’ll pay you three hundred and fifty dollars. Three hundred and fifty dollars.” I lie down and I think about this. I think about a three, a five, and a zero. […]

“How to not make ends meet, or: how to make ends that met un-meet and piss away all your money” by Pippen Wigglesworth-Weider, Berlin

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Making Ends Meet” Wie üblich, dachte ich als Kind, alles Geld sei Spielgeld. Das wäre keine Problem gewesen, hätten meine Eltern mir nicht so viel davon gegeben. Ich habe es nämlich verschenkt, so wie man Postkarten oder wie […]

PenTales Book #26

PenTales  started out as a small narrative experiment: We handed 20 empty notebooks to 20 friends, and asked them each to start a story. Many such books are now traveling the world as each storyteller passes the book on to someone new to continue their story. These are pages from […]

“Venus Horizon” by Blair Winter, Damascus

topic: NATURE medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations”

“Cigarettes and Whiskey” by Jacob Evans, Hanoi

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: SONG, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Once Upon a Time”