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Howard Fielding’s original short stories, longer works in serial form, parables and other stories that want to be told.

FICTION, HAPPINESS, LIFE, LIVING HERE, ON WRITING

Week in Review: Week 38

Reading Time: 3 minutes A rebranding, a new logo, two major milestones (one good, one bad), and a chance to get out from behind the desk. In all, making progress! Continue reading Week in Review: Week 38

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"The Bazooka" by Howard Fielding. Offered under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
FICTION, HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, LIFE, ON WRITING

It’s not your color

Reading Time: 2 minutes I can’t quite find the serial number, but from the service stickers I could swear that this is the very typewriter that the heroine used in my NANOWRIMO novel. It’s a case of life imitating art — or something like that. Continue reading It’s not your color

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"Whiteface over Lake Champlain," Colchester, Vermont, August 13, 2022. By Howard Fielding. Offered under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
FICTION, HAPPINESS, HISTORY, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Week in Review: Week 33

Reading Time: 2 minutes At the urging of some of my biggest fans, I spent most of this week working on the manuscript of “Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill: An Exorcism in Two Acts.” Continue reading Week in Review: Week 33

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"Late-bloomer sunset over Lake Champlain, August 12, 2022." By Howard Fielding. Offered under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
FICTION, HAPPINESS, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Week in Review: Week 32

Reading Time: 2 minutes I got down to some serious writing this week, and bought a new toy: the same model typewriter Ian Fleming used for his James Bond books. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 32

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FICTION, HUMOR

‘Are We There Yet?’

Reading Time: 6 minutes – FICTION – ‘It’s too far’ said the tiny voice in the back seat. ‘Yes,’ her dad responded, ‘But look how far we’ve come!’ From “He Said, She Said.” 1,500 words. Continue reading ‘Are We There Yet?’

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FICTION, HUMOR

The Old Man and the Seed

Reading Time: 6 minutes – HUMOR – The old man and his wife moved to the country from the suburbs. And the squirrels moved with them. Illustrated and inspired by true events. Continue reading The Old Man and the Seed

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‘Revolution’

Reading Time: 5 minutes – FICTION -The words are right there: ‘But if you want money for people with minds that hate/ All I can tell is brother you have to wait.’ A scene from ‘He Said, She Said.’ Continue reading ‘Revolution’

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The Moral Equivalent

Reading Time: 7 minutes – SHORT STORY – In this scene from “He Said, She Said,” the owner of the Morning Sun and Evening Star tells “the troops” just what it means to go to war with an unseen enemy. Continue reading The Moral Equivalent

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Lost

Reading Time: 4 minutes – SHORT STORY – “Well, folks, I don’t know how you got here but that’s not important now,” the sergeant said. “What matters is where you go from here.” Continue reading Lost

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Last Call

Reading Time: < 1 minutes – SHORT STORY – Is there anything sadder, more pathetic, than two old men reliving their glory days? Continue reading Last Call

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Howard Fielding's "Living Here" column ran for 25 years in The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, Connecticut. Now retired, he's still living here, online. Join him to enjoy sunsets, short uplifting essays, works in progress, special surprises, and the occasional trip down Memory Lane.

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In Other Words ... by Howard Fielding is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. No commercial use. Republication or derivations of original fiction and copyrighted material prohibited. Original photos may be used with attribution.

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