{"id":1337,"date":"2008-08-11T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2016-04-19T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:27:17","slug":"fresh-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/fresh-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

We've got another collection of short items for you today by Tania Hershman, Vanessa Gebbie and Jim Murdoch but we start with a short flash piece (as if there could be a long flash piece) by Sarah Hilary which she wrote as a modern day response to the famous six word Hemingway story (the unworn baby shoes for sale)…<\/span>


Passing on (an homage to Hemingway)<\/span>
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For sale: Exquisite enamelled box with the words, \u201cWhen this you see, remember me\u201d, framed by a garland of forget-me-nots. Hinged lid. The base is fully marked. Please see pictures. To the inner lid there is a painting of a squirrel on a branch. In a very good condition, no cracks or damage. Absolutely no restoration. The gilt edge to the lid is still bright. <\/span>
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Current bid: \u00a30.99<\/span>
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End time: 2 hours 11 mins<\/span>
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History: 0 bids<\/span>


\u2022 Sarah Hilary won the Fish Historical-Crime Contest with <\/span>Fall River, August 1892<\/span>. Her story <\/span>The Eyam Stones<\/span> was runner-up in the Historical Contest. Both stories will be published in the Fish anthology 2008. www.writewords.org.uk\/sarah_hilary\/<\/a><\/span>

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Birthday cake<\/span>

So many candles.<\/span>
Granny, make a wish!<\/span>
I wish you'd all go home.<\/span>
I wish I were twelve.<\/span>
I wish I'd kissed Jimmy Sullivan and let him put his hand up my dress.<\/span>
Come on, Granny.<\/span>
I shut my eyes, and there's Jimmy, his clammy teenage hand creeping up my thigh.<\/span>
I blow out the candles.<\/span>

\u2022 Tania Hershman's first short story collection <\/span>The White Road & Other Stories<\/span> will be published by Salt in Sept 2008. Tania lives in Jerusalem, Israel, and is the founder and editor of <\/span>The Short Review <\/span>(www.theshortreview.com<\/a>), dedicated to reviewing short story
\ncollections. Her own stories and short shorts have been variously
\npublished in print and on the web, visit www.taniahershman.com<\/a> for more.<\/span><\/font><\/span>

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Bromeliads<\/span>
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I like the word \u2018bromeliad\u2019<\/span>
for some reason<\/span>
or for<\/span>
no reason at all.<\/span>


\u2022 Vanessa Gebbie writes “I have been hard at work today, writing a poem especially for IS&T. Deep n meaningful this is.” (<\/span>Hey Vanessa, if everyone spent their working days writing poetry, the world would be a better place. OK civilisation might collapse and we'd probably all starve but one out of three ain't bad …Ed IS&T<\/span>)<\/span>

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If Only Pigs Could Fly<\/span>
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Poems are words<\/span>
pushed to<\/span>
the very limit of<\/span>
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meaning and then<\/span>
simply<\/span>
driven over the edge.<\/span>
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Listen to them<\/span>
squeal as<\/span>
they<\/span>
fall.<\/span>


\u2022 Jim Murdoch is Scottish and his blog is http:\/\/jim-murdoch.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/span>
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