Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s 3:30 pm and I’m in Hemingway’s. I really shouldn’t be here. I really shouldn’t be spending the money even if a large draft is only $1.50. I’ll have two beers and leave the bartender $1.00. That’s four dollars I should keep in my pocket; but to spend five hours in front of a computer [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s 3:00 pm and I’m on the 61B bus moving along S. Braddock Avenue in Regent Square. Now we’ve just turned onto Forbes Avenue headed for Squirrel Hill. There are trees on both sides of Forbes, most of the leaves reddish brown down on the ground. This kind of weather makes me feel bored with [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s 2:30 pm, the end of the school day. I sit in the downstairs lobby of the Braddock Employment And Training Center and wait for the 61B back to Oakland. Several other people wait in the lobby. They’re waiting to sign up for LIHEAP, a program to help them pay their heating and lighting bills. [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
There’s bright sunshine in Braddock PA right now. I’m not going to take lunch today at the Braddock Employment And Training Center. I’ll post this instead. I’ll find out when I get home if I can pay my rent depending on the size of my check and what I already have in my account. Man, I [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
I’ve read stories with no dialogue in them. Some of the stories were very well written. I didn’t like them. I never got to hear the characters speak in their own voices. A story without dialogue is a constant reminder to the reader that someone is “writing” the story where as dialogue allows the reader [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Whew! The high today will be just 22 degrees. My brother Lloyd lives in California. He said he was getting too old for the winters in Pittsburgh. Although, maybe his ex-wife becoming too friendly with his new wife was part of his reason for moving, too. For some reason the radiators in my apartment didn’t bang [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s 12:15 am and I’m sitting at the computer in my apartment. The radiators knock and bang and “Scrubs” is on TV. I was so tired today from not sleeping the last couple of nights because of the radiators that I past out today at 8:00 pm. Now I can’t sleep. I even washed the [...]
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