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Faraway, Volume 2, Issue 3

June 30, 2009

The new issue of Faraway is online, featuring dozens of pieces by many new authors.  Click on the titles below to read the individual stories or poems, or click here to view the issue as a whole.

On the Other Promontory by Davide Trame
Winter Passage For Billy Collins by Michael K. Gause
Dwindling Times and Burden by [...]

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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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A Family Matter by Josh Mitchell

May 18, 2009

Christopher Caldwell crosses the space between the stove and kitchen sink for what could have been the fiftieth time tonight. He turns the faucet to fill the kettle he’s holding. Returning to the stove he starts to boil water for more coffee. He then hears the door open and close in the adjacent washroom. His [...]

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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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Site Maintenance

May 5, 2009

FarawayJournal.com is undergoing some maintenance at the moment, which explains the new look.  We haven’t worked out all the kinks yet, but in the meantime our new issue is still available.  Give it a read, and be sure to let us know what you think.
Spring issue: http://www.farawayjournal.com/volume-2-issue-3-spring-2009/.

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Something to look at

April 22, 2009

The latest issue of Faraway is now available. thanks and congratulations to all the writers and artists.
These things always seem to take longer than anticipated. A word on the process: Our pet chimp Dimba solicits short stories, poems, and artwork from his cage at the company fortress in Montclair, California.  Accepted pieces are then shipped [...]

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New Stories From Joseph Grant

March 4, 2009

Our friend Joseph Grant, whose work appeared in the last issue of Faraway, has several new stories online for your perusal.
The short story “The Cypher” is online at a delightful digital journal, Six Sentences.  Click here to read it!
You can also find the lengthier tale, “The Perfect Hit”, in Underground Voices Literary Review.  Check it [...]

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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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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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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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Chapter III. Painter’s Eye

December 16, 2008

Click here to download the third 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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Chapter II. Take A Number

December 13, 2008

Click here to download the second chapter of K. C. Wilson’s novella Doing the Dead – 1983, presented by Faraway!
 
 
            In the late half of my thirtieth year, I was making an effort to take stock of my life. Moving acted as a catalyst. Certain tenets and theorems of my philosophy regarding women were drawn into [...]

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Chapter II Coming Soon!

December 12, 2008

Come to FarawayJournal.com this Saturday to read the second chapter of K. C. Wilson’s novella, Doing the Dead – 1983.  If you still need to get caught up, follow the links below.
     * The Route Review - Read the review of K. C. Wilson’s novel, The Route.
     * Interview with the Author – Part 1: About [...]

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Doing the Dead – 1983 by K. C. Wilson

December 6, 2008

Dearest Readers,
Join Faraway as we ring in the New Year with a bang.  Throughout December  we will be serializing the first-ever novella 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 [...]

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