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Schism

For the better part of a week I had been trying to figure out when and how to tell her. The guilt had been wearing away at me. I agonized…

3 min readSep 13, 2022

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Schism

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ILLUMINATION

The Bread Slicer

A Short Story

12 min readJan 19, 2023

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The Bread Slicer

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Microcosm

Reported Stabbing

A Short Story

3 min readDec 15, 2022

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Steak knife at an angle

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ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

Things Go Black

The left side of my face is limp and my tongue lay slack in the back of my throat. There is a stale taste of rot in my mouth. Twinges of…

3 min readOct 26, 2022

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Things Go Black

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Microcosm

One Wrong Step

She stepped out of the coffee shop right behind him. Both deciding to brave the fat rain drops coming down in sheets in the cold autumn…

3 min readOct 24, 2022

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One Wrong Step

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Microcosm

Nine Missed Meals

I remember that it started almost imperceptibly.

1 min readOct 12, 2022

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Nine Missed Meals

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Colin Taisey

Proper Servitude

Fans of James Joyce will likely enjoy this short story I wrote in 2008, during my Junior year of college, for the Syracuse James Joyce…

14 min readSep 26, 2022

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Proper Servitude

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Colin Taisey

Callused

Now, I didn’t always live with my Mom. Well, I did but then I didn’t. What I mean is that I did when I was little until I was about seven…

13 min readAug 23, 2022

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Colin Taisey

Colin Taisey

I’m a Husband, Father, and Professional Firefighter that enjoys writing fiction for fun. My stories tend to be a bit dark and tragic.

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