P. M. Starr

Joined March 2021

19 stories

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I write for pleasure, to learn, & to create introvert sanctuaries. Most of my "stories" here are challenge/contest specific.

Early influences: Judy Blume, Ray Bradbury, (real) V.C. Andrews. Contender for fave book: Pinkwater's Lizard Music

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Iced Tea
My wife sunbathes on her chaise lounge in our lush backyard: a private dinosaur garden full of gigantic primitive-looking plants with fronds, fuzzy bark, and palmate leaves. Her long bare legs shine with suntan oil all the way up to her caramel-colored monokini cut very high above her hipbones. A gold chain between her breasts connects the V of fabric to cover them while leaving her bellybutton exposed below.
By P. M. Starr4 years ago in Humans
WHEWM
“Tell me about my godfather.” “Well … you know. He’s kind of … eccentric.” “Will we ever see him again?” “Hard to say, honey. I don’t know.”
By P. M. Starr4 years ago in Fiction
The Glassblowers
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. My little sister laughed at him now, the way she always did when our grandfather started a story this way. Right before she challenged him.
By P. M. Starr4 years ago in Fiction
Color Me Grey
:: rough draft letter to my mom before we see each other for the first time since pre-pandemic :: Before you come over I just want to prepare you; I let myself go. And it’s not because of C19 or shutdowns.
By P. M. Starr4 years ago in Confessions
The Secret Words
It’s not that the words are powerful. It’s that the words are secret. Maybe that’s why I don’t remember them: the secret words my dad divulged to me on his deathbed.
By P. M. Starr5 years ago in Families
Revised, Rebuilt & Redacted
198? She forced us to turn in rough drafts with everything. Editing and revising our own work into a final draft was required by Mrs. Carlson, fresh out of college and full of ideas.
By P. M. Starr5 years ago in Motivation
Don't Feed the Wildlife
When squirrel moved into our house, I knew it was wrong. Your elders and the internet tell you THEY MUST BE REMOVED. Or else: chewed-through wires! Fires! Hantavirus! Loss of community standing! Erosion of self-respect!
By P. M. Starr5 years ago in Earth

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WHEWM

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Color Me Grey

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Don't Feed the Wildlife

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