Typewriter Tales

Processing a typewriter outburst.

A single October typewriter outburst unexpectedly turned into several that followed over a year, as the typewriter had more stories in the machinery. Enjoy the annual cycle.

October

“Haunting memories are laid to rest when …”

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November

“Ksum Nole lives on the edge of a coin flipping between drought and flooding.”

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December

“A bauble of hot air drifts upward for each of the 120 million pines …”

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January

“Snail pace is the fantabulous speed … “

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February

“Light travels the fastest.
Darkness is nailed still …”

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March

“You are a bus,
one vehicle for microbes.”

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April

“Where do you go looking for your roots?”

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May

“A star explosion
sets atoms free …”

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June

“We live off a surface band, top soil that shrinks and crumbles away.”

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July

“The moon pulsates patches of indigo.”

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July’s typewriter talk was first published by ScottishPEN in PENning magazine.

August

“Life crawled from sea to land. Fish bones turned into ear bones …”

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September

“Heads lost in the clouds,
drained to emptiness… “

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