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John J. Siefring
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Born
Brooklyn, New York, The United States
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Elena Ferrante, David Foster Wallace, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alice Munro
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April 2016
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https://www.goodreads.com/johnjsiefring
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Caleb's Window
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2018
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2 editions
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An Important Day
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FLASHING
Flash fiction is a kind of short story writing, typically defined as a work under 1,000 words, yet still offering character and plot development. Some call it a “short short story.”
Last year The Ravens Perch, a literary journal, accepted and published one of my short short stories (540 words), TOO SOON. I thought I would share it with you here.
TOO SOON
The pail and the lantern. For Jimmy, in this Read more of this blog post »
Last year The Ravens Perch, a literary journal, accepted and published one of my short short stories (540 words), TOO SOON. I thought I would share it with you here.
TOO SOON
The pail and the lantern. For Jimmy, in this Read more of this blog post »
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"What a glorious and beautifully written debut novel!! Virginia Evans immediately captivated me with the character of Sybil Van Antwerp, a woman in her 70s, who has written letters to people she knows and as well as those she doesn't know all her life"
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"Claire Keegan writes achingly beautiful stories using few words. She trusts her readers and allows them to read between the lines to find the deeper meaning. This is the type of writing that makes me glad to be a reader.
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I'm in the very middle of her book "Intermezzo" ... really enjoyable. I was ambivalent about taking up Beautiful World, but after your review will soo
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“Never give anyone permission to hurt your feelings. Always face them by standing up for what is right and you will feel strong. If you do not stand strong, people will pity you, and then you lose something adults call dignity. Never accept pity. No one on earth is better than anyone else.”
― An Important Day
― An Important Day
“It was as if some manual was handed out one day, a manual of instructions about complicated social situations. But I wasn't there the day they handed it out. The worst part was, nobody even told me it was distributed. It was like, they kept it secret from me.”
― An Important Day
― An Important Day
“Charles, we should never stop pretending. Pretending can lead to wishing. Wishing then leads to hoping. Hoping then moves to dreaming. Dreaming can then lead to planning. If we are lucky, some plans come true.”
― An Important Day
― An Important Day
“It’s perhaps best we don’t always know that we have approached a space and time when what we say or do is so crucial as to possibly determine the direction another life will take.”
― Caleb's Window
― Caleb's Window
“We are all the same. The sun shines its light on big and small, rich or poor, most especially, the kind.”
― Caleb's Window
― Caleb's Window
