A Short Story by Josh Maday
Before going in, Bobby stood at the door, took in big cleansing breaths, and then lowered his nose to sample the air. Even though he couldn’t smell anything, he knew the odor was there, hanging around him like shreds of an old garment. After standing still and savoring another moment of peace, he opened the door and went inside.
Marcy sat leafing through a catalog. She’d already cleared the table except for a plate and silverware in front of his chair.
“Stuff’s in the fridge,” she said.
“Yep.”
“You’ll have to reheat it.” She continued flipping pages as he unlaced his boots.
“You stink,” she said and covered her face with her hand.
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The Eternal Flame
Coinciding with our thoughts on eternal life, we take a moment to recognize the birthday of one of America’s greatest writers, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Everything that can be said about Fitzgerald has most likely already been said. So we will leave it up to the archives. Check out his obituary from the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22 (AP) Scott Fitzgerald, novelist, short-story writer and scenarist, died at his Hollywood home yesterday. He was forty-four years old. He suffered a heart attack three weeks ago.
Wrote of “Lost Generation”
F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have invented the so-called “younger generation” of two decades ago. At any rate, he was the most articulate writer about the rich, young set which was also variously referred to as “the lost generation” and the “post-war generation,” and as such he acquired a reputation far out of proportion to his works, which were limited to four novels and several volumes of short stories.
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"Now This Is Eternal Life"
Our time on Earth is fleeting. We must do the most with what we have: Maxims that’ve been installed in our hardwire since adolescence. And of course they’re true. But another indelibly human trait is to test boundaries, to reach beyond, into the unknown. Scientists around the globe are talking feverishly about extending our life expectancy. Read more in Vision. The Informers, a book about a dying man and his estranged son, is dissected in the Complete Review. The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded in October and the winner’s name will live forever. Contemporary literature is given a new life — in comics. The NY Daily News has more. One man’s waste is another man’s book deal. No Impact chronicles a family’s decision to go without toilet paper for a year. The result: international fame. Who knew it was that easy. And finally, a critic from The Guardian steps into his time machine and revisits Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 classic, Blood Meridian, a nihilistic tale with nothing to live for. Except itself. — Kevin Murphy
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Thursday's Flurry of Words
