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A Ninety-day Adventure in Short Story Writing by William Michaelian Authors Note: Welcome to my latest assault on common sense. If you like what you find here, please tell everyone you know. In fact, tell everyone you dont know. (A full-page ad in your local newspaper will do just fine.) Dedication: For Archie, Kirk, Willie, and Al wise old elks and lovers of bullfrogs Preface August 2002 Story 1: The Old Language Post Date: August 2 (885 words) Story 2: Poppy Post Date: August 3 (1,632 words) Story 3: Cold Beer on a Hot Day Post Date: August 5 (2,031 words) Story 4: The Artist with the Frozen Teeth Post Date: August 6 (945 words) Story 5: The Empty Room Post Date: August 8 (1,875 words) Story 6: Oliver Hansen Post Date: August 10 (2,841 words) Story 7: Three Verses Post Date: August 11 (567 words) Story 8: The Zahmprufin Affair Post Date: August 12 (1,344 words) Story 9: Life Unplugged Post Date: August 14 (664 words) Story 10: Homeless Post Date: August 15 (1,144 words) Story 11: Lines Post Date: August 16 (1,100 words) Story 12: Stupid Beautiful Country Post Date: August 18 (1,246 words) Story 13: After the Rain Came Post Date: August 20 (3,284 words) Story 14: In Praise of Modern Medicine Post Date: August 22 (1,254 words) Story 15: Lumps on a Gourd Post Date: August 24 (1,554 words) Story 16: A Threat to Security Post Date: August 25 (1,334 words) Story 17: Broken Dishes Post Date: August 26 (723 words) Story 18: Arams Funeral Post Date: August 28 (1,760 words) Story 19: The Final Days Post Date: August 29 (423 words) Story 20: The Toad Post Date: August 31 (2,091 words) September 2002 Story 21: Genesis Revisited Post Date: September 1 (804 words) Story 22: Dreams and Bones Post Date: September 3 (2,053 words) Story 23: Heavy Metal Pews Post Date: September 4 (661 words) Story 24: My Lemon Tree Post Date: September 5 (1,019 words) Story 25: Filling in the Blanks Post Date: September 6 (1,068 words) Story 26: Paralyzing Definitions Post Date: September 8 (488 words) Story 27: A Way to Survive Post Date: September 10 (1,483 words) Story 28: The Death of a Tiny Bird Post Date: September 11 (1,422 words) Story 29: Nothing Post Date: September 12 (1,530 words) Story 30: Watching the Tide Post Date: September 14 (1,808 words) Story 31: Naneh and Her Friend the Sun Post Date: September 15 (983 words) Story 32: The Angel Who Questioned God Post Date: September 17 (1,276 words) Story 33: Why I Never Ride the Bus Post Date: September 18 (532 words) Story 34: Eight Plots in Search of an Author Post Date: September 18 (1,166 words) Story 35: Ugly Post Date: September 19 (1,442 words) Story 36: The Oil of Zozz Post Date: September 21 (2,452 words) Story 37: The Board of Education Post Date: September 22 (1,408 words) Story 38: Van Goghs Dream Post Date: September 23 (200 words) Story 39: A Senseless Story for Senseless Times Post Date: September 25 (1,365 words) Story 40: A Question of Balance Post Date: September 26 (1,000 words) Story 41: Melvin and Mel Post Date: September 27 (1,292 words) Story 42: I Know Im Not Alone Post Date: September 28 (947 words) Story 43: Setos Grief Post Date: September 29 (1,406 words) Story 44: A Surprise Visit Post Date: September 30 (1,110 words) October 2002 Story 45: After the Storm Post Date: October 1 (2,115 words) Story 46: The Long Way Home Post Date: October 2 (1,228 words) Story 47: The Flip of a Coin Post Date: October 3 (1,454 words) Story 48: My Real Name Post Date: October 4 (1,068 words) Story 49: Her Real Name Post Date: October 5 (1,500 words) Story 50: The Light and the Dream Post Date: October 7 (886 words) Story 51: Ralphs Dilemma Post Date: October 8 (733 words) Story 52: Ghosts Post Date: October 9 (279 words) Story 53: As It Is Written Post Date: October 10 (687 words) Story 54: The Story that Never Was Post Date: October 11 (839 words) Story 55: A Lesson to Remember Post Date: October 12 (1,180 words) Story 56: Jesus Was a Better Carpenter Post Date: October 13 (1,714 words) Story 57: How to Settle an Argument Post Date: October 14 (1,038 words) Story 58: The Man on the Sidewalk Post Date: October 16 (550 words) Story 59: Ice Cream Post Date: October 16 (703 words) Story 60: On Any Given Day Post Date: October 17 (1,135 words) Story 61: Its Not for Me to Say Post Date: October 18 (1,176 words) Story 62: Timothy Learys Dead Post Date: October 19 (877 words) Story 63: Hard Times Post Date: October 21 (605 words) Story 64: The Ritual of Disorder Post Date: October 22 (1,896 words) Story 65: No Fault of His Own Post Date: October 23 (1,443 words) Story 66: Star Light, Star Bright Post Date: October 24 (673 words) Story 67: At the Front Post Date: October 25 (943 words) Story 68: The Strange Story of William Flumay Post Date: October 26 (917 words) Story 69: A Walk in the Park Post Date: October 27 (1,528 words) Story 70: A Lullaby for the Human Race Post Date: October 29 (2,086 words) Statistics Consecutive days of writing: 90 Number of stories written: 70 Number of stories liked by my mother: 70 Number of words written: 86,865 Average number of words written each day: 965 Longest story: 3,284 words Shortest story: 200 words Average number of words per story: 1,241 Number of stories that take place on Mars: 1 Number of stories that take place on a bus: 2 Number of stories without punctuation: 1 Number of stories with only one paragraph: 4 Number of stories with one or more Armenian characters: 11 Number of stories in which a hitherto unknown language is used: 3 Number of stories in which each paragraph has the same number of lines: 9 Number of stories in which each paragraph begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z: 1 |
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