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Postcards from the Jungle

2011-08-04T13:13:12-08:00

Author: giottoblue
Historical
English, Rated: T
Friendship/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,012, Reviews: 1, Complete

Hank would go to Vietnam willingly if it meant not having to deal with loving somebody he shouldn't every day. Unrequited male/male

In Pools of Empty Winter

2011-02-12T19:32:17-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,521, Reviews: 0, Complete

A woman struggles to adhere to traditional Japanese codes of honor. Feedback on the final section would be appreciated.

Twist

2011-01-22T14:43:23-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 652, Reviews: 1, Complete

A child learns to cope with danger and their own mortality. Very short. Autobiographical.

The Acquired Skill of Living

2010-11-07T17:15:28-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 998, Reviews: 0, Complete

I watched then as his head slammed into the steering wheel, and saw the blood left there, and felt the impact as he was tossed into me so the blood on his head stained my dress. Oh my God, I said, oh my God." A major revision of another story of mine.

Genesis

2010-11-07T12:47:26-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K
General/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 473, Reviews: 0, Complete

A love story told in the style of Genesis. A very quick read.

Six Small Words

2010-10-26T20:53:57-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 2, Words: 13, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

A collection of stories that are all six words in length. No more, no less. In progress.

Fifty

2010-10-22T20:27:48-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 2, Words: 102, Reviews: 0, In-Progress

A collection of unrelated 50-word stories. In progress. Rated T for dark themes.

My Daughter, Who Would Have Been Louisa

2010-09-27T08:04:13-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
Hurt/Comfort/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 626, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

A short piece about grief in the wake of losing a child at birth.

How to Bee Happy

2010-09-18T13:35:52-08:00

Author: giottoblue
Humor
English, Rated: T
Humor/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 585, Reviews: 2, Complete

A quick, jaunty little thing about a man looking for a sign to tell him if he is going to hell after replacing the ashes in the urn of his girlfriend's mother with the ashes of roast chicken. Rated for the occasional F-bomb.

In the River Neranjara

2010-08-31T21:09:56-08:00

Author: giottoblue
Religion
English, Rated: K
Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 31, Reviews: 1, Complete

4 lines, free verse. -Gold bowls that swim upstream is a reference to the Buddha, who, before fasting and achieving enlightenment, ate from a gold bowl and threw the bowl in the River Neranjara, saying that if it went upstream he'd be enlightened. It did

Overboard

2010-07-05T21:57:30-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,565, Reviews: 0, Complete

This piece, which is about a novice sailor who is thrown overboard and consumed by a beast, is told in the style of a fable.

A Discovery

2010-07-05T21:56:11-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K
General/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,996, Reviews: 1, Complete

The gates to hell are found outside a small American town.

Braids

2010-07-05T21:54:57-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K
Hurt/Comfort/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 868, Reviews: 0, Complete

A mother who sees her daughter as a child still, and her daughter, a woman who can not mature enough to learn to let go. Based on study of Andrew Wyeth's portrait, "Braids".

Zenith

2010-07-05T21:52:18-08:00

Author: giottoblue
Horror
English, Rated: T
General/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,118, Reviews: 4, Complete

Trapped on a mountain, a man mistakes his starving companion's hunger for love. WARNING: Cannibalism portrayed vividly

The Way Things Are Now

2010-07-01T20:42:09-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 522, Reviews: 1, Complete

A girl loses her love to death by monotony.

Thr Rush of Tide

2010-07-01T20:41:06-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,174, Reviews: 1, Complete

A teenage girl seeks escape from her life in the open ocean, but underestimates the power of the sea.

The Rot of Endless Space

2010-07-01T20:39:33-08:00

Author: giottoblue
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: K+
Sci-Fi/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 342, Reviews: 1, Complete

Short, metaphorical piece about the way the void of space tears at a man.

Familiar Blood

2010-07-01T20:38:22-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 511, Reviews: 1, Complete

A woman tries to explain her grief over the death of a father she did not love.

The Way Hair Gets When It's Underwater

2010-07-01T20:37:18-08:00

Author: giottoblue
General
English, Rated: T
Drama/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,257, Reviews: 3, Complete

A crab boat drags up a dead teenager, and one member of the crew finds himself strangely attracted to the rotting corpse of this beautiful girl that he has never met. The story of his twisted descent into unrequited romance.