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Journals, Columns and a Short Story

As most newspapers have discovered, the easiest web content to produce is the stuff you've already written.

Without further ado, allow me to dig into my filing cabinet and display some of my short stories and columns. The columns, I wrote those while studying(*) at USC and working at the Daily Trojan.

The columns are arranged in chronological order, which doesn't necessarily mean worst to best. If you read only one, read this one


Short Stories


Journal Entries


I Have A Friend Who ...


Columns: Half Past Deadline


* I use the term in its colloquial sense here. (click back to return)

 



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