Dynamic Creed: The Sharp Edge of Fiction

Death of Metaphor

Well, here is my red plastic shopping cart.

Nov 14 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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Confrontation

When the cops showed and shot the kid they made their best explanation, crafted with the finest excuses and burnished with a hint of truth.

Nov 5 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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September 2025

Law Is Black

Late afternoon story-adjacent rant in the key of F#

Sep 9 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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9

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July 2025

Ascent

As if in divine mechanical intervention, the doors to the elevator opened...

Jul 29 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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12

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June 2025

Damn Variable Won't Calculate

11 Maybe 9

Jun 24 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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8

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Six Squared

Six (quite short) stories, written one after the other.

Jun 3 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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May 2025

My Beautiful Alligator

He dragged my wagon down the sidewalk while the other kids shrieked...

May 27 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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30

7

April 2025

To Breathe Without Sanction

When reality turned to shattered glass, the last man came from his cave and ran for president on a platform of rocks.

Apr 29 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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17

7

March 2025

Master Johnson

There's a few like that, very few

Mar 4 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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8

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February 2025

River Fire

We sat in old chairs on the front porch, a front row seat to the conflagration

Feb 11 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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10

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January 2025

New Shoes In The Barrio

Percy, who was somewhat hard of hearing, didn’t know much about the metric system

Jan 28 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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9

December 2024

Old Pilgrim In The New Rain

Where you going John? To the hill. There’s nothing there anymore. Maybe.

Dec 21, 2024 • 

Victor D. Sandiego

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