Ye 'Ole Family Window_Fool's Paradise_La Bibliothèque_Monkey Business
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Ye 'Ole Family Window
An...interesting window adorns my boyfriend’s house. He bought the house when his parents passed on to the summerland. So, all his siblings got money; he got the house. You know, one of those deals.Originally, the house belonged to his great-gwww.onedoor.ccreat-grandparents. It’s been passed down through the line. Always one of the male children takes it over from the parents.Except for one time. The name Lilly comes up in whispers. But if I ask, or they notice me listening, they shut up. I assume from what I’ve caught that that generation had no male heir.I can’t get any more of the story than that...
Fool's Paradise
Every year, Patty planned one major party. At first, it was just around Chrismukkah (her mom was Jewish and dad Christian), or New Year’s, big bashes thrown for a dozen or two of her closest friends and their plus ones, with drinks free-flowing and music that killed neurons. Then she moved on to Thanksgiving, with a big turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie, inviting all her family and friends, until the turkey was the one least stuffed by the end. From there, she threw chili cook-offs and barbecues for Independence Day, singles mixers for Valentine’s Day, costume parties for Halloween, even...
La Bibliothèque
There is a place that is significant to every person, a place that they know as home; For Jonathan’s mother it was her flower bed; she sewed her own comfort along with the seeds, tended to the bruising of her heart with the gentle drops of a copper watering can. For his father, it was his armchair, gaze distorted by the bottom of a brown beer bottle, washing his sorrows down with whatever alcohol he could get his greasy hands on. For his brother it was his car; his companion, his partner for running away from reality when Jonathan refused to follow him—the gray leather seats scratched, springs...
Monkey Business
Dear Ananya,First off, thank you for giving me the opportunity to critique your story, Monkey Business! I love being a part of the Critic Circle, don’t you? Of course, I’ve been a member for over a decade now, so I’m lucky I know all the ins and outs.What an imaginative piece that was. You could definitely tell your protagonist Madhu was off her rocker, talking to the monkey. As if a monkey could understand English! And of course, I get that if you trained a monkey for a long time in English, it would pick up a few words, but definitely not right away. Of course it was doubly confirmed that Ma...