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4 October 2009 8 Comments

Contest Entry #39: Today

Slumping in the chair next to the bed, he watched his father and considered Camus: “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.”
Such emptiness in those words. Such a lack of anything, he thought.
And yet, they were a luxury.
He stood, turned off the respirator, and considered the calendar on the wall.

About the author: Brian Thomas Clark is a writer working out of Burbank, CA. He is currently shopping around his first novel.
He is writing at http://www.brianthomasclark.com

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8 Comments »

  • Winnie the poohi said:

    I kinda didnt get the story..

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  • joker said:

    @ winnie
    read the stranger by albert camus

    @ brian
    written very well.

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  • karthik said:

    nicely written :-)

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  • Gleenn said:

    very thought provoking. I guess I would need more time to understand this. :)

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  • 55 Fiction Contest | Brian Thomas Clark said:

    [...] The Colors Magazine “55 Fiction Contest” [...]

  • Hemanth Potluri said:

    good write it took me a while to actually understand :)..

    urs..hemu..

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  • The Colors Magazine (author) said:

    I like it, you have got your own style of writing and that is something which many people don’t. Good work.

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