Archive for September 2006

Marija, 44, Wells

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 30 September 2006, with 4 comments so far.

I was born old, and I get younger every year. My first years of life were spent in body casts to correct a medical problem. Usually we face medical difficulties when we’re old. I hope I faced all mine in those early years. Growing up with alcoholic parents and troubled siblings […]

The Compulsions Issue Has Shipped

Posted to 400 Words News on 28 September 2006, with no comments so far.

On Tuesday night, I sent the digital files of the Compulsions issue to the printer in Manitoba. Today, I FedEx’d the hard copy. The ball is really rolling now. Next steps: plan a New York launch party for October. (How many of you live in the greater NYC area and would be interested in attending?) […]

Mark, 29, Portland

Posted to Stories on the topic of Childhood on 28 September 2006, with 1 comment so far.

I walked up to the bank of the river and saw a metal hoop sticking out of the water. I tried to grab it with my right hand, but it was just out of reach. I remember my fingernail barely brushing the metal. I found a stick and reached out again. Water sprayed […]

Annabel, 24, Edinburgh

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 25 September 2006, with 4 comments so far.

Mom was a conceptual artist and Dad a drummer in punk bands. Once he played a gig dressed only in boxers and tinfoil, which fell off as he played. He stopped playing when I was two, and started taking me to social work school with him on the Green Line. Mom stopped doing art before […]