Post Tagged with: "December"

“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. […]

“Venus Horizon” by Blair Winter, Damascus

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

“Great Expectations” by Lacey Haynes, Berlin

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

“The Change” by Kezia Frayjo, Damascus

topic: CHANGE medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations”   Everything was well before the incident. I didn’t know it was all going to change that afternoon. If I had known what was about to happen, I don’t think I would have sat there calmly […]

“Great Expectations” by Muhammad Radwan, Damascus

topic: TRAVEL medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at an Event themed “Great Expectations” Road turns white. View of world tilts, the world at 45 degrees, or…? Blackness. Obfuscation. Brother, where art thou? In the hospital, realizations that there will no ensuing realizations, the epiphanies have already come, but they’re not […]

“Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering, Damascus

“Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering, Damascus

topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at an Event themed “Great Expectations” Get to know Diego better by going Behind the Story During full moon nights she is never able to sleep. On those erratic nights, which might well happen more than once a month since her calendar […]

“The Grass is Less Green on the Other Side” by Ezra Wolkenfeld, Washington Heights

“The Grass is Less Green on the Other Side” by Ezra Wolkenfeld, Washington Heights

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at the PenTales event themed “Borders” When I first decided I was going to move to New York for some amount of time, which was by complete and utter dumb coincidence shortly after Meira (my girlfriend) decided she was going to NY, and after […]

“George Drops Sociology” by Danny Hoffman, Washington Heights

“George Drops Sociology” by Danny Hoffman, Washington Heights

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Borders” Just be strong. Get in there, do it, and get out. Nice and quick, like a band-aid. Just be strong. Be strong. BE STRONG! George was thinking so hard he was mouthing the words without realizing. He was […]

“Jack’s Ciggies” by Danny Hoffman, Washington Heights

“Jack’s Ciggies” by Danny Hoffman, Washington Heights

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Borders” Watch Danny tell his story on Youtube! Finally, time for a smoke.  Jack reached into his jacket pocket as he walked down the street away from the restaurant.  His three-hour dinner with Marcus had been pleasant enough, but […]