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Aubrey Ference by Russell Bittner

October 23, 2009

‘Aubrey Ference.’
 
As I perch upon a curb and watch the waste of a city wash by bit by bit beneath my feet on its way to the sewer, I spot a name on a page—and put a sole out to stop it.
 
The name means nothing to me—and yet everything—at the same time.  I’ve never known [...]

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Something Special, Chapter SIX

August 19, 2009

And now for the final chapter of Russell Bittner’s novella, Something Special.  Bruce returns to his modeling agency in New York, where the press has picked up the story of a New Yorker’s death by bear mauling out in Yosemite.  Will Bruce be held accountable?

Back in New York, and after having alighted from the Lexington [...]

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Something Special, Chapter FIVE

August 17, 2009

In this penultimate chapter of Russell Bittner’s novella Something Special, we see the results of Bruce and Angie’s late afternoon walk to the lake, and Bruce’s final machinations to make Angie a famous model, after all.

Three hours later, a fine dinner tumbling in my belly while a cognac and coffee wait within easy reach, I [...]

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Something Special, Chapter FOUR

August 15, 2009

As Bruce’s jealousy and disappointment grow over Angie’s dalliances with another young man at the hotel in Yosemite, dark plots begin to form in his mind in chapter four of Something Special.

I go immediately to our room in the expectation that a contrite Angie, finally reconciled to her ungratefulness, will be awaiting my arrival—hat in [...]

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Something Special, Chapter THREE

August 13, 2009

We are now into the middle chapters of Russell Bittner’s novella, Something Special.  Read chapters one and two.  In chapter three, now in Yosemite, Bruce’s carefully-laid plan begins to unravel, and things take a dark turn.

I put on my hiking boots, get some advice and a map from Meredith at the front desk, and set [...]

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Something Special – Chapter TWO

August 9, 2009

In our continuing coverage of the work of Russell Bittner, we now present the second chapter of the novella Something Special.  Click here to read chapter one, or continue below:

Not even two weeks later, I’m sitting next to Angie as we begin our decent into San Francisco’s international airport.  She snores like a marmot, her [...]

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Something Special – Chapter ONE

August 8, 2009

Something Special is a novella-length story by author Russell Bittner that is featured in the new collection, Stories in the Key of C.  Minor.  It is about Bruce, a middle-aged agent for models whose plans to spend a romantic weekend in the wilds of Yosemite with his gorgeous protege Angie go horribly awry.  Written with [...]

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Can I Get a Witness? by Eric McKinley

May 21, 2009

I opened the door without looking. You know how you do, like sometimes when you answer the phone without checking the caller ID. Then a week later you find yourself helping a friend move to a fifth floor walkup on a sweltering July Saturday, or attending your grandmother’s poetry reading at the nursing home. It [...]

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The New Issue of Faraway

May 17, 2009

Featuring stories, poetry, and artwork by dozens of contributors, the new issue of Faraway is now online.
Read the whole issue here, or preview the issue by clicking below:
Poetry: On the Other Promontory by Davide Trame.
Short story: The Book Review by David A. Kentner.
And return tomorrow for a new short story by Josh Mitchell, illustrated with [...]

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The Book Review by David A. Kentner

May 15, 2009

The radio came alive with the dispatcher advising the Fire Dept of the need for an ambulance at the golf course clubhouse. A man had stopped breathing.
He was just passing that building on his way to check on a house while the owners were away on vacation, so he pulled into the lot and ran [...]

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Doing the Dead – In Full

January 4, 2009

Now, for the first time, you can read K. C. Wilson’s powerful new novella completely for free, presented by Faraway.  By Florida-based author K. C. Wilson, Doing the Dead – 1983 is a superb piece of writing about a man turning thirty and recognizing the entanglements that made him who he is.  Along the way an unforgettable cast [...]

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Tomorrow: Doing the Dead in Full

January 3, 2009

In December, we serialized K. C. Wilson’s novella Doing the Dead – 1983.  To start off the new year, we are going to bring you that novella, in full, for the first time.  Come back tomorrow to download the full novella by this outstanding writer!

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Chapter VII. Daybreak on the Land

December 28, 2008

And now for the final chapter of K. C. Wilson’s novella Doing the Dead – 1983, presented by Faraway!
Click here to purchase a copy of Doing the Dead – 1983, or click here for complete coverage of the publication of this new novella.

            Kate came by early in the Cougar. Ingrid got up to see me [...]

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Chapter VI. Dawn of the Dead

December 27, 2008

Click here to download the sixth chapter of K. C. Wilson’s novella Doing the Dead – 1983, presented by Faraway!
Click here to purchase a copy of Doing the Dead – 1983, or click here for complete coverage of the publication of this new novella.

            My younger sister, Kate, often came by the house and parked in [...]

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An Interview with K. C. Wilson, Part 3

December 26, 2008

Recently, writer K. C. Wilson, whose novella Doing the Dead – 1983 is being published this month by Faraway, took some time to answer some questions about his work, his writing process, and his experience in publishing.  Part 2 of the interview is below.  (Click here to read the first part of the interview, and here [...]

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Festivities

December 25, 2008

Busy times, I know.  But perhaps sometime today, during halftime of the Lakers-Celtics game or while you’re waiting for dinner to be ready, click here to read Doing the Dead – 1983, a novella by K. C. Wilson presented by Faraway.
We’ve also got a Christmas story by Michael Pitassi, Baptism By Ice Water: A Christmas [...]

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Chapter V. Ingrid

December 23, 2008

Click here to download the fifth chapter of K. C. Wilson’s novella Doing the Dead – 1983, presented by Faraway!
Click here to purchase a copy of Doing the Dead – 1983, or click here for complete coverage of the publication of this new novella.  And be sure to return on December 19 for the second part [...]

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Doing the Dead Round Up

December 21, 2008

This month, Faraway is serializing the novella Doing the Dead – 1983 by K. C. Wilson.  Doing the Dead – 1983 is a superb piece of writing about a man turning thirty and recognizing the entanglements that made him who he is.  Along the way an unforgettable cast of characters deals with murder, betrayal, love, friendship, music, [...]

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Baptism By Ice Water: A Christmas Tale

December 20, 2008

Baptism by Ice Water: A Christmas Tale
By Michael Pitassi

 
December in Augusta, Maine, just after the unveiling of the town lights and decorations, is loved by nearly all who experience it. I say nearly because there does happen to be one rather vocal dissenter among the otherwise joyous inhabitants of this enchanting town.
Eugene Ash, a man [...]

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Chapter IV. Susan

December 19, 2008

Click here to download the fourth chapter of K. C. Wilson’s novella Doing the Dead – 1983, presented by Faraway!
Click here to purchase a copy of Doing the Dead – 1983, or click here for complete coverage of the publication of this new novella.  And be sure to return on December 19 for the second part [...]

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