American

Westcity
jack is keith as reply to Looked Back

Abraham Kim
Imogen Howe English American Seaside Rest
So that's how it began. How Jack and  Imogen Howe began speaking with  English accents. And in fact... they even began calling Jack by a new name Kieth. Jack didn't know where the name came from. But he went with it. And he was happy because the two of them...

Westcity
don't you forget it as reply to Back to Reading

Abraham Kim
internet American newspaper New York Times
There were so many words on the  internet . Every second there were walls of text being generated by humans and machines alike. Thoughts. Ideas. Sentiments. Opinions. A lot of them were were indifferent in content and theme, although unique in arrangement. At one point the old man strived to...

Westcity
things flowed as reply to The Owners

Abraham Kim
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The breeze of the evening rustled the branches. The shadows danced across the concrete sidewalk and the grass. Love walked with a cigarette in his hand. A cigar he had smoked earlier. But for a walk... he preferred a cigarette. Something about a  cigar warranted that he be seated. A...

Westcity
visiting sis as reply to In his time

Abraham Kim
Spacecity American Gas City
This was his first time at his sister's new place. It wasn't so new. She'd moved there two years ago. But he hadn't had time to visit. well that was a little unfair. He literally couldn't have come. He had been up in  Spacecity the past four years. Now he...

Westcity
jhon as reply to Corporate dealings

Abraham Kim
American guns
"Guns. You really think those will protect you?" Jhon said.

Tim raised an uzi up to Jhon who stood still staring out the glass window.

"I don't know. You tell me." Tim said.

Even before Baloo took a step towards them, Rob pointed his uzi at the mountain of flesh.

Jhon turned around. He...

Westcity
driving back after dropping of Ana as reply to Chapter 2

Abraham Kim
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The evening sun is deceptive. It feels like it might stay forever only to exit abruptly.

On our way to the airport I was squinting, trying not to be blinded. After seeing Ana off at the passenger drop-off, I drove home under violet swirls, the kind that makes you think God...

Westcity
waiting at the sportsbar

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Sandy Bridgers picked at the white glob on the verneer tabletop. She shivered slightly, then took out an Italian flannel shirt. Sandy aimed to keep a long sleeve shirt in one of the bags bags she carried, no matter the temperature. American buildings blasted the AC unlike any other country....

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moving in as reply to Uncertain about her role

Abraham Kim
eggs American summer Whole MIlk vidalia onions cucumbers celery tomatoes potatoes french baguette pasta
The first thing she did upon arrival was check the fridge. It was indeed stocked. Two dozen eggs , a half gallon Whole MIlk , butter, one plastic container of salad greens, one plastic container of baby spinach, deli sliced smoked hickory turkey, deli sliced yellow cheddar, deli sliced smoked...

Flash Fiction Practice
SSD as reply to The great reveal

Abraham Kim
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He hadn't been to SSD since he got his puppy. But before that he used to spend all his free time, weekday or weekend s, at the SSD. He liked the first S the best. It stood for  shooting range . It was not that he found pleasure in shooting...

Flash Fiction Practice
Soup Kitchen

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My mom used to take me  downtown every  Saturday , a forty minute drive, so that I could volunteer with her at a  soup kitchen . She told me it was good for building my character, but she also knew that my dad needed a break at least one day...

Westcity
Circle Park

Westcity coffee Thursday American freedom weekend
There's an imprisoning feeling that comes with the American car culture, although I bet when cars were becoming a mainstay of life, it was all about  freedom .

Drive whenever, wherever you want. Don't get stuck in crowds and be chained to public transit's timetables.

Because driving has been the default travel...