Author: vkazarian
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Christmas Eve day, 10 am. Status: Still shopping.
Home Short Fiction Blog X Christmas Eve day, 10 a.m. I have ventured into the mall to get “just one…
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The music that will never, ever go away
Home Short Fiction Blog X This year, with political firestorms and the tragic, actual firestorms throughout my state, I’m craving…
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The Indoor Life
Home Short Fiction Blog X Nine days after the start of the most destructive fire in California history, the Bay…
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Back from the UK (with pictures)
Home Short Fiction Blog X The jet lag has worn off, but two weeks ago I got back from a…
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The impossibility of writing in an empty house
Home Short Fiction Blog X The door closes. There is that beautiful sound: silence. The sound I’ve longed to hear,…
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Who’s up for a bored game?
Home Short Fiction Blog X I grew up in a family of poor sports. The kind of people who stomped…
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The top 5 writing distractions. (#5 will surprise you)
Home Short Fiction Blog X If anything is a test of your will as a writer, it’s resisting the distractions…
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Hot date at Safeway
Home Short Fiction Blog X My husband suggested that we go by ourselves to the grocery store. We needed some…
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The fight to stay focused when my husband talks tech
Home Short Fiction Blog X My husband is a software engineer, and he loves his work. He writes and troubleshoots…
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How not to dread writing
Home Short Fiction Blog X I am a writer and a writing teacher. So I deal with my own writing…
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