It takes reps to get better. Those hours on the court, in the shed, and on the water translate to improvement.
Signs of the Times is a collection of writing exercises. For 100 days, I took the (digital) front page every morning and wrote a short story.
The project yielded some interesting stories with different perspectives.
All fictional. All very real.
Start with the three stories below.
Yes, there’s more.↓
Oksana at Shastia
People were moving east, some west. And Oksana’s brother was nowhere to be found.
The First 90 Days
Without work, she’d stay holed up in her penthouse with a bottle of Seagrams and a crack pipe — at least, that’s how it went before she started working.
The History Channel
There we were, a bunch of NATO schmucks on the Polish border watching Russia’s shit hit the fan and spin everywhere.
Union State(!)
It hasn’t always been easy, but we are united today in making Eastern Europe a citadel of rational thought, prosperity, and opportunity.
Scampus Nights
We’d push lighters and pencils across the ground to show troop movements. Just boy shit, ya know?
Contamination
He doubled over, bending and groping for his respirator but it was too late. He vomited inside the mask.
We Withdrew
Were the child to deliver intel on our position, betraying his country, what glory would that be?
