HeyJaredLet me tell you a story
Every post will begin with 'let me tell you a story' and will tell a fiction about an event, object or memory in a writer's week in 1,000 words or fewer. The effect of this theme is something fresh, never over-thought and on the pulse of today.
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Let me tell you a story about the happy sighs (opens the original)
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Let me tell you a story of us as a broken record (opens the original)
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Let me tell you a story about paint the color of blood (opens the original)
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Let me tell you a story about my “Uncle Finn” (opens the original)
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The Editors Write Back (opens the original)
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Once upon a time, in a submission window far, far away ... the editors of Let me tell you a story encountered a pawn’s promotion to assassin, emotions embedded in a kitchen utensil, a chance encounter on a Hanoi street, an imagined conversation across generations and other strange worlds. In this time, we were given the opportunity to walk with amazing writers through the development of their stories.The Editors Write Back is a collection of flash fiction inspired by this privilege of working wi
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