Archive for April 2008

Folding Corners

Posted to Stories on the topic of Compulsions on 27 April 2008, with no comments so far.

by Shya—Age 30—New York City
I do this thing my friends call “folding corners.” I didn’t name it. It’s when I take a piece of fabric, usually the edge of a sleeve or that lovely little stitching right where a zipper is sewn on to the coat, or maybe even, OK, I’ll take the tip of […]

Andrew, Orlando

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 12 April 2008, with 1 comment so far.

From 400 Words, Issue 1
by Andrew – Age 26 – Orlando, FL
This guy, see, or should we say a boy then, was born already distracted. With bright eyes and a quiet mouth, he watched and watched. Leaves made good friends, which unnerved his parents such that they made him do things like play baseball. He […]

Mary, Olympia

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 7 April 2008, with 2 comments so far.

From 400 Words, Issue 1
by Mary—Age 46—Olympia, WA
I was born into a sad person’s middle class white home of angry people and miserable immigrant grandparents who loved me more than my own weird mother did. Always a feminist before I could clearly say the letter ‘f,’ I started seriously writing in second grade when the […]

Annabel, Edinburgh

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 5 April 2008, with no comments so far.

by Annabel—Age 24—Edinburgh, Scotland
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 […]