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Paul Crenshaw

Paul Crenshaw’s stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Best American Essays, Best American Nonrequired Reading, anthologies by W.W. Norton and Houghton Mifflin, Glimmer Train, Ecotone, North American Review and Brevity, among others. He teaches writing and literature at Elon University.
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    Red Dawn

    But perhaps we were like people everywhere, trying to find some meaning in our existence, and an outside threat gave us both meaning and existence.

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    The Full Moon

    We started small, a quick flash in the locker room or on the basketball court after school, any time we wore pants with elastic waistbands. But soon the asses were everywhere.

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    The Wild Thing With People Feet Was My Favorite

    The one with people feet, I thought, had once been human, but had changed. He grew wild. Everyone grew wild at times…

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    Godzilla

    Godzilla, great grey-green monster, rises up out of the ocean, makes his way toward Tokyo. Is always making his way toward Tokyo. Perpetually swimming in cold waters, bubble trail on the surface, until he nears land and comes screaming to…