Here’s a podcast of a story I told on WBAI on the Next Hour in January 2009. I had developed the story in a workshop I took through Narativ and was invited to tell it as part of their “storytelling circle.” The story is true and follows the rules of Narativ’s techniques. So have a […]
Spring 2004, they told him the cancer was back, hiding in places it hadn’t been before. Inoperable but treatable, the doctor said. “No, thanks,” he replied. “I’m eighty-six. I’m not looking to draw things out.” Three to six months without chemo, he was told. Nine months later, winter 2005, despite the prognosis, he had only […]
I’ve just invented a word although that seems very unlikely. If you can prove a usage prior to mine, let me know. The word is: ghostpuppet. You may know about sockpuppets . Here’s the definition from Wikipedia: “A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception within an online community. In its earliest […]
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