Post Tagged with: "narrative"

“Love at First Site” by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Brighton

“Love at First Site” by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Brighton

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT It was an insane idea. The sum total of their correspondence had been a flurry of emails over the past nine days. Each missive growing in intensity and intimacy. Sean had kept his fledgling relationship secret, connecting with Angie through their mutual love of […]

“Travelling Light” by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Brighton

“Travelling Light” by Andrew Campbell-Kearsey, Brighton

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT “Keep quiet, there’s a good boy.” “But where’s Mummy?” “She’ll be joining us later. She has to look after your little sister. You know how she needs her mother. You’re all grown up now and I need you to be a brave, young man for Daddy.” […]

“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 […]

“Truth(s)” by Jeanny Gering, Lahore

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT She had never touched him before. Not as his friend, not as a woman. When she stroked his cheek it was to say good-bye but her hand began to tingle. It was an electrified tingle which made it’s way up her arm, down her […]

“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 […]

“Family Affair” by Becky Coffield, Arizona

“Family Affair” by Becky Coffield, Arizona

topic: MONOGAMY medium: TEXT This story was the winner of the “Monogamy” contest Get to know Becky better by going Behind the Story I huddled by the rock, the late October sun struggling to remove the morning’s chill.  I leaned my head back and let the sun’s paltry warmth fall […]

“What Wealth Is” by Lawrence De Geest, NYC

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT EVERYWHERE the economist should say that wealth is the present value of one’s worth, the sum of what he has and what he owes, and always in confident speech should make clear that value is always a figure computed and not drawn. He must use always […]