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September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 Tetman CallisTetman Callis 0 Comments 7:38 am
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“Few among us are qualified to testify as to whether God is dead, or alive, or wandering somewhere in exile (the possibility I tend to favor).” – Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human

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  • Dropping back to Punt
  • eleanor in uncertain way, pulling
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  • Fifteen Small Apocalypses
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  • Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Pickles and Fries
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  • My Sweet Julie, Naked and Wailing
  • Night Boat Moon Cops Couple Kill
  • Rag Doll
  • Road Rave
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  • Shod
  • Socorro!
  • Tahoe
  • Taking Calls
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  • The Age of Death
  • The Ascension of Henry Callis
  • The Birefringent Morning
  • The Collier-Kids
  • The Comedian
  • The Congenital Fiance
  • The Correction Ribbon
  • The Crime
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  • The Take-Out
  • the talking french cat
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  • The Tiny Toy Train
  • The Travailian Garden
  • The Tree
  • The Two Daughters
  • The Usual Story
  • The Well-Molded Military Brick
  • The Year Our Children Left
  • Three Very Short Fictions
  • Tossing Baby to the Tiger
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  • Fourth Dream – Motherless Child
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  • Sixth Dream – Nuts and Bubbles
  • Seventh Dream – Music for Malaria
  • Eighth Dream – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  • Ninth Dream – Descartes’ Dreams
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