From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Even the Moon
When you finished, several minutes passed before we spoke. You dipped a finger in a pool of candle wax. How could I know this was the only real secret you’d ever kept?
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Join NOW!When you finished, several minutes passed before we spoke. You dipped a finger in a pool of candle wax. How could I know this was the only real secret you’d ever kept?
...moreOut here on the balcony, perched three stories above the ground, we’re in her world.
...more“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
...moreThe lasso was a gaping mouth that opened wide enough, we hoped, to swallow the cloud.
...moreThe sounds that she would expect here are entirely absent. There are no cries, no weeping. Just soothing, muffled tones.
...moreMy favorite was usually the smallest, the most alive.
...moreThis is a carousel that never slows to a point where you can board gracefully.
...moreWaiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
...moreBefore they were married, they met in a photograph.
...moreThe important thing to remember when climbing a pole, a rope, a mountain is to not look down.
...moreIf this were the end, May needed to see.
...moreThere’s something about stillness that always comes just before the miracles.
...moreI laugh. My laugh, this thing that sounds better on somebody else.
...moreThe words blur, become meaningless. You need them to be meaningless.
...moreCara Blue Adams discusses her debut story collection, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.
...moreChristopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
...more“I always try to locate stories deep inside myself, physically and emotionally.”
...moreWendy J. Fox discusses her new story collection, WHAT IF WE WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE?
...moreYou are never really at peace with what you haven’t gotten.
...moreThe narrator then returns to normal life, only to discover that life may never be normal again.
...moreJennifer Fliss discusses her debut story collection, THE PREDATORY ANIMAL BALL.
...moreChristopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
...moreShe gave him a small, relieved laugh. In another world, she replied.
...moreMaurice Carlos Ruffin discusses his new story collection, THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU.
...more“Life is incredibly sad, but it’s also funny, joyful, wonderful, and strange.”
...moreLeslie Pietrzyk discusses her new story collection, ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE.
...morehe lives in closets, stalks young kids, & takes them in the middle of the night.
...moreLouise Marburg discusses her new story collection, NO DIVING ALLOWED.
...moreJon Chaiim McConnell discusses his new novella, THRUM.
...moreI took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.
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