HeyJaredChristopher Sworen
Writer of novels and short stories. I look at what's wrong with this world and write about it.
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Sympathy (opens the original)
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Read the original in DarkWinter Literary MagazineThe night was defined by a pouring rain and it was as dark as could be, and the woman walking down the street didn’t know anyone in the city. The streets were empty now. Empty and wet. The woman’s name was Layla and despite the fact that she was in her mid-thirties, the bruises and the run-down makeup made her look as if she were entering her sixties.Layla’s brisk gait was accompanied by her looking back every now and then. In a certain moment, as
Fixing Jerome (opens the original)
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At sixteen, Jerome Hufham had discovered that a bottle of beer could work miracles for him.He was at a party one night, standing beside the refrigerator and watching, not without a little jealousy, the other boys talk to the girls. In the half hour that he stood there, he said almost nothing.It all changed when Adrian, a kid he knew from algebra, gave him a cold Heineken.Ten minutes later he had Haley and Lisa in stitches, telling them about the time he ran his bike into his neighbor’s freshly p
Private Viewing (opens the original)
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Steve Protich had made a choice that afternoon. Instead of accompanying Jane, his wife, to the swimming lesson she’d been looking forward to for weeks, he’d accepted his friend Larry’s invitation to a photography exhibition at the local cultural center. Larry’s description of it as “war’n’stuff” had been enough to pique Steve’s interest.The center was a fairly small place. Inside, it resembled a diner, except that the tables had been replaced with stands displaying photographs. The pictures show
Fatal Software! (5 of 5) (opens the original)
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Fatal Software! (4 of 5) (opens the original)
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