“My Crime Story” by Kate Fink
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“A Fabulous Opportunity” by Phillip Hutten, Vienna
topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Crime and Punishment” Ich hatte noch nichts gefangen, alles schien so wie immer zu laufen, auszusehen, der See, an der betreffenden Stelle an der ich immer stand, Sonntags um diese Zeit.Die regelmäßigen Kirchenbesuche hatte ich ohnehin schon […]
“An Encounter in China” by Karen Frank, Missouri
topic: TRAVEL medium: TEXT We huddled together, a bunch of American tourists in an alleyway in Beijing. A small crowd of people surrounded us. They inhabited this traditional neighborhood, known as a hutong. Not many hutong are left. They have, for the most part, been razed by the government and […]
“French Affair” by Caro, Paris
topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as read at a PenTales event themed” Foreign Affairs Into the behemoth I shudder against the sickening whimper of morning’s cold, clods, stuck to my insides. Glancing around, a casual drawing, the passengers simmer as the mothers button up and challenge the world’s gaze. […]
“The Start of the Affair” by Fiona Cameron, Paris
LOVE & HEARTBREAK In the middle of a dinner that was billed as a quiet meal with a distant old family friend, his mood suddenly shifts. He takes on a serious tone: “I dreamt of you last night.” I laugh nervously and he continues: “You were standing on a hill, […]
“A Family Affair” by Nadia, Paris
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Foreign Affairs” Listen to the Story! In the 1930s, just as the situation in Russia was seriously deteriorating under Stalin’s iron grip, Ella was 17 and studying at a Geneva university. The 1930s were difficult times for everyone. Ella’s […]
“DAVE” by Josh, Paris
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Foreign Affairs” Listen to the Story! “I think it’s best if we adopt the “tracing paper” approach – that is, applying a sheet of tracing paper to your letter, and writing my answers on top. With one of those […]
“Great Expectations” by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, Paris
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations” Listen to the Story! As an annually optimistic person – that is to say – I am optimistic in September, every year, and then I go back to being a negative, fatalistic person for the rest of […]
“From a Letter in a Wedding Card that was Never Opened” by Mark Fitzpatrick, Paris
topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT Do you know what he said? This was on the second day. We were in Lyon, and I left him for five minutes while I went to check in, told Jessie to watch him, and so she’s moping in the back of the car […]