I have lots of stories of my mom. But this one is pretty special… Michael Swanwick has Tuckerized my momma. No, it’s not like that, all you people with your minds in the gutter. It’s Michael’s personalized flash fiction in support of the Clarion West Write-a-thon. I ponied up $10 to the cause, gave him a few salient facts about my mother, and poof, he made a story that has left me slightly weepy and in search of a kleenex.
Isn’t it amazing, the things people do? The seemingly endless, inventive ways we find to please each other and ourselves, to help each other and ourselves?
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Write-a-thon running total: 1,310 words out of 12,000.
I loved the story.
Great gift! : )
1310! You’re doing great.
That was incredibly sweet! I can really see that happening, too.