A beautiful girl smiled at him on the subway. "Probably laughing at my messy hair and a worn jacket. Two failed marriages, poverty, reclusive existence, so what else can it be? I am quite a catch…” he thought and walked out of the train car.
Her face fell. She adored his book, watched his only TV interview a thousand times, and secretly hoped to run into him and introduce herself…
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Katya Duft
Katya Duft is a public transit blogger (Tales From the Bus) and a three-time Moth Story Slam winner; frequent participant of storytelling shows in Los Angeles. She is also a linguist working in post-production.
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A Broken Record
I was rearranging my shoes on a rack by the front door, when I heard something softly hit the floor behind it. I opened the door and found a package on my mat, containing no return address. Weird. I opened it and discovered a vinyl record inside that was sadly broken in two. It was packed well, so someone must have meant to send it this way…
By Katya Duft3 years ago in Fiction
Violence Begets
"Any last words, cowboy?" "None you'd understand, sodbuster." "Funny. That's Marshall Sodbuster to you. But I meant some last nugget that would help us in the adjudication of the myriad offenses counted against you and your gang. I wasn't asking for penitence."
By Adam Diehl5 days ago in Fiction
Bruce Lee and The God of War: Kuan Ti
It starts with love.. The Power to the God Of War and Wealth Walk into a Chinese restaurant (even in Oklahoma, USA), a Chinese police station, a kung fu martial arts studio or even a Chinese temple and you often see a red faced warrior holding a heavy quan-do (spear like weapon).
By WILD WAYNE : The Dragon King6 days ago in Chapters
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If you don't love yourself then life will be full of obstacles. I know!! Very good message...🙏 💚
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