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The Narrative Arc

The View From the Window of My Tiny Stone Cottage

For the love of Miss Snider and Anna and me

Oct 1, 2023

A minimalist pen-and-ink drawing of lovers beneath a tree, in pastels of green and pink and blue

Oct 1, 2023

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About Me Stories

About Me — Jay Squires

A cautionary tale (with a takeaway): how this writer chose to cook up his life from scratch without a recipe

Apr 4

A long winding, sandy road, with wild roses at the beginning — the road stretching far into the distance

Apr 4

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Ellemeno

What Stephen King, Mrs. Bain, and Yours Truly Have in Common

Even when popular opinion is against us — sometimes, we must take a stand

Jan 7

What Stephen King, Mrs. Bain, and Yours Truly Have in Common

Jan 7

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The Writing Cooperative

Don’t Distance Your Readers by Leaving Your Subtitles Turned on

A simple technique to keep your readers in the alternate world you’ve created

Nov 21, 2023

Ripe, red tomatoes against a canvas background; Scrabble tiles spell out “Tomatoes”

Nov 21, 2023

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ILLUMINATION

Home Alone on New Year’s Eve …

A Time to reflect and to thank my Medium Brothers and Sisters for their support when the bottom of my world dropped out

Jan 1

Colorful ribbon and confetti on sidewalk

Jan 1

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Scrittura

Lying on the Altar of Self-Sacrifice

The matchmaker’s gentle persuasion and her white cashmere sweater

1d ago

Hollow, metal sculpture of man and woman armless (a la Venus), with a broad, blue-skied, fluffy clouded background

1d ago

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Scrittura

Lying on the Altar of Self-Sacrifice

The making of a movie: Lena’s story

4d ago

Celluloid film looping downward, against a gray background

4d ago

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The Howling Owl

New York City’s Best, the NYCDoE

The NYCDoE spells jobs, Sc. 7 — to Curtain

Sep 11

New York City’s Best, the NYCDoE

Sep 11

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The Lark Publication

A Trio of Shorties and a Few Words

A haiku a 2–4–2 and another haiku

Sep 10

Three arms extend in from the left and right border, holding potted plants in their hands. White background

Sep 10

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The Kraken Lore

The Insatiable Hunger of Erzsebet Báthory, Aka, ‘Countess Dracula’

With a tally of 600 — the most prolific serial killer of all time

Sep 9

Erzsebet Báthory Art

Sep 9

Jay Squires

Jay Squires

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I AM an AUTHOR, salesman, optimist, dreamer: May the four always COHABIT & produce wondrous progeny. IN THE SWIRLING POOL OF LIFE, I'm an unflushable floater.

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