The Man on the Island
The taxi from the airport to Bridgetown took forty minutes. Stepping out of the terminal into the hot, humid air had been like walking into a sauna; he felt claustrophobic …
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Calpurnia’s Thought Record
Situation March 14. Night. In bed. I dream that Romans are washing their hands in Caesar’s blood. He is dead. Murder. Mood Anxiety:90% Sad:95% Angry: 70% Automatic thoughts What was …
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St. Patrick’s Day
From: Patrick [pat@heaven.org] To: God [ourfather@heaven.org] Cc: [allsaints@heaven.org] Subject: March 17 >>>>> >>>>>Dear God, >>>>> >>>>>My day, March 17th, is upon us once again, and >>>>>once again I have only …
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Shock Jock (Part II)
Part I of this play appears in the December/January issue of The Walrus #1: Great! #2: That’s fantastic! #3: Super! ED: Wow, uh… LEW: No Speckle Lake. ED: Uh, okay. …
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The Smell of Smoke
Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’ swimming pool. It was late in the season so there was …
Read MoreA Billion Little Pieces
Illustration by Clayton Hanmer It was one of those days that fill you with hope and a sense of tristesse. They come often to this part of Provence, where our …
Read MoreMarried with Husbands
Illustration by Clayton Hanmer A pitch for a new one-hour television series The concept: Rachel Waisberg, a fiftysomething writer, loves her husband, Sam, but they haven’t had sex since their …
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Its a Smallwood, After All
One of the advantages of being immortal is that you eventually make—and make up for—every possible mistake
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Photograph by Amanda Tetrault Be that way then, she said. And wished she hadn’t. She touched the straps of her bikini and walked down to the sea. She preferred diving …
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