Tag: #short story

You Are What You Write

Posted on January 17, 2024 by

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I’m working on a collection of short stories set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. By working, I mean I have a list of seven stories I’ve written that leans up against the chair in my office. The point was to have a working list of… Continue Reading “You Are What You Write”

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The Purple Shirt: Part One

Posted on September 17, 2023 by

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Gloria stepped back from the women’s shirt rack and waited for the old lady to pass. Experienced thrift store shoppers know the dance. A person rifling through the hangers from one direction will step back and let the person rifling from the other direction… Continue Reading “The Purple Shirt: Part One”

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Jan Wilberg

What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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