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Last Exit by Russell Bittner

August 30, 2009

In our continuing showcase of the work of Russell Bittner, we are pleased to present the short story Last Exit.  Although Last Exit does not appear in the collection Stories in the Key of C.  Minor. which is now available for sale, it clearly displays the literary talent of Russell Bittner.  Click the icon below [...]

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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 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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Introducing Russell Bittner

August 7, 2009

Russell Bittner is a New York-based writer, whose collection Stories in the Key of C – Minor is being published by Faraway this month.  To allow Russell Bittner to introduce himself to our readers, we asked him to describe his writing career.
 
There’s my “career,” Daniel, and then there’s my career.  The first is what enables [...]

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The Work of Russell Bittner

August 6, 2009

Throughout August, Faraway will be highlighting the work of Pushcart Prize nominated-author Russell Bittner.  Bittner’s stories, poems, and photography have been widely published online and in print.  To honor this author’s work, Faraway is proud to present a collection of six stories, including one novella, available online for purchase tomorrow.  The novella, Something Special, will [...]

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Silent Signs by Olga Zilberbourg

May 28, 2009

My sister Zoe, a travel writer, had just returned to New York City from Tel-Aviv or Riga or St. Petersburg when somebody told her I had three months left to live. The news struck Zoe as rather odd: nobody at the headquarters of the travel publishing firm where we both work could trace the source [...]

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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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Short Story Contest Voting

April 13, 2009

In my continuing series on Six Sentences and Joseph Grant, I encourage you all to head over to http://sixofthemonthmar09.blogspot.com/, where voting is going on for the “six of the month”, a monthly contest to select the best story of six sentences.  Our friend Joseph Grant has a story up, “The Incongruous Man”, with a hint [...]

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In Praise of the Short Story

April 6, 2009

There was an article in the New York Times by A.O. Scott the other day about the virtues of the short story.  The writer describes the decline of the short story since the 1960s, and discusses the need for and signs of a coming resurgence.
To call an American writer a master of the short story [...]

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More from Joseph Grant

March 16, 2009

Our friend Joseph Grant has just had some more stories published. You can read his story “Reclamation”, just published in The Absent Willow Review, here: http://absentwillowreview.com/archives/reclamation.

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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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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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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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With many thanks . . .

December 10, 2008

I want to draw attention today to our many supporters, whose donations keep this journal up and running.  We’ve recently received much-needed financial help from Alfred Scolari, Kyle Hernandez, owner of Second Story Books of Claremont, and Gay Degani, Michael Woodcock, Vic Fortezza, and Joseph Grant, all of whom have stories or art appearing in [...]

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New Issue of Faraway Now In Print!

December 3, 2008

For those of you who have been waiting to get your hands on a copy of the latest issue of Faraway, today is the day!  Copies still warm from the presses are now on display at Second Story Books of Claremont, California.  In the coming days there will also be copies in Borders Bookstore in [...]

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Gazing Into the Abyss by Andy Mills

November 13, 2008

We’re proud today to bring you a short story by the new writer Andrew Mills.  This is first time Mills’s stories have been in print, and I think it’s apparent from Gazing Into the Abyss that Mills possess considerable talent, and I look forward to seeing more great work from his pen.
It was odd.  All [...]

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