Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Baby Love
Back in those days, young couples didn’t get dogs first so they could practice their future parenting skills. So my baby son [...]
Klearance Sale
The flyer—featuring a jolly Santa and offering floor models, repossessions, and a choice of linings—was in spectacularly bad taste.
Put It Off Until Tomorrow
I really need to start writing this. But first ... gotta to check facebook ... play a move in 18 WWF games ... plan dinner.
Gates of Eden: the genesis of an antiwar novel*
My antiwar writing began in a theater. I was working on a new play and the antiwar movement of the 1960s came [...]
Chains of Love
I began wearing an anklet when I'd outgrown little girl ankle socks and graduated to cheap mesh stockings in shades of a [...]
Four Morally Ambiguous Cheating Vignettes
Example 1: High School, 1968. Trigonometry test. I walked by the desk of a girl I liked – not romantically, but a nice [...]
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