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I don’t normally write letters, but …

I don’t normally write letters, but …

This is my 100th post in 100 Days. It’s over. Done. Kaput.
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Alex BeckettOct 24, 2015
Things Are Getting Kind of Desperate Around Here

Things Are Getting Kind of Desperate Around Here

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Alex BeckettOct 24, 2015
Things We Don’t Talk About When We’re Grown

Things We Don’t Talk About When We’re Grown

I was four years old when I met one of my first ‘boyfriends’. Let’s call him K. His name doesn’t matter. He was sweet and gentle with…
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Alex BeckettOct 24, 2015
Time Capsules, Hipsters and Hippies

Time Capsules, Hipsters and Hippies

I wrote this for $0 for a copywriting test. Whatcha think? Did I do OK?
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Alex BeckettOct 21, 2015
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Enter the Grapefruit Stream of Consciousness

Enter the Grapefruit Stream of Consciousness

A story of grandparents, grapefruit and things.
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Alex BeckettJul 29, 2015
Five Things I Learnt That One Time When I Was an Unemployed Writer

Five Things I Learnt That One Time When I Was an Unemployed Writer

I’ve Totally Got This Clickbait Thing Down, Everyone
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Alex BeckettAug 23, 2015
Writing ‘Nuclear Family’

Writing ‘Nuclear Family’

Today’s story, ‘Nuclear Family’ is brought to you courtesy of the Human Parts Open Thread prompt — “Write a story that includes this scene…
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Alex BeckettAug 7, 2015
Humor
Ode to the Devil’s Food

Ode to the Devil’s Food

AKA Moar Drawings. Draw the Vegemite!
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Alex BeckettSep 29, 2015
In Which Alex Meets the Lolrus

In Which Alex Meets the Lolrus

Part 3 in the Walrus and the Carpenter parody
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Alex BeckettAug 10, 2015
Fiction
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Daily Grapefruit
Daily Grapefruit

A story each day for a hundred days. Maybe. Needs more sugar.

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Boy Oh Boy

Boy Oh Boy

Only once have I deliberately dressed as a man.
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Alex BeckettJul 28, 2015
Poetry
In Dream Wood

In Dream Wood

I’ve been having dreams of wood a wooden bicycle a wooden knife a Google search for wooden dreams reveals A Warm Welcome Awaits You at…
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Alex BeckettSep 22, 2015
If Cows Were Poets

If Cows Were Poets

A Half-Hearted Variation on the Villanelle
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Alex BeckettSep 13, 2015
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