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Month: February 2024

An old man appears to be looking out of the gap between two boards or out of a window. We can only see his eyes, but we can tell his expression is menacing.

The Anger of Old Man McKinsy
by Zachary Robert Long (2687 words, estimated reading time: 15 minutes)

Posted on February 12, 2024August 26, 2024 by Zack Long

The cool breeze carried with it a voice that spoke of regrets. The regret of the sun slowly whittling away the sleek ice. The regret of the rabbit as the wolf takes its life in a quick lunge. And the regret that Ash held for the way his relationship had turned out. Spring was almost…

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To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can’t be said so well with words.

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