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Cristof
@cristof
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Writer, teacher, history geek. Nerd. Whatever.
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2017-04-24 13:57
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cristof
fiction
2018-02-16 21:08
Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 4, Conclusion)
In which we find out that there's always a way to turn minor to major. Part one is here, part two is here, and part three is here. You'll be lost if you don't read them, and I think I can safely promise
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cristof
story
2018-02-10 20:05
Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 3 of 4)
Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. You'll wanna read those. I let myself into the dingy flat, put some soup on the burner, and dropped some rye bread into the toaster. I had been thinking about eating
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cristof
story
2018-02-03 19:08
Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 2 of 4)
When last we left our heroine, she was burning the clothes of her failed relationship, and saying goodbye to her late boyfriend's apartment with a dumpster fire (symbolic, that) and a confession. That
cristof
steemit
2018-01-24 15:54
And All Of A Sudden, I'm a 25
I spent a lot of time and energy last year getting to a 56 rep score, and today I log in and I'm a 25. I'm not sure how this happens, but I'd love to know. It's not the end of the world--my rep score is
cristof
story
2018-01-10 02:36
Speak Ill of the Dead (part 1 of 2)--Original Fiction
Speak Ill of the Dead Part One of Two We had been dating a long time when Albert died. He did not "pass away", like the preacher said over the grave. He died. I saw him do it. I helped. I don't
cristof
story
2017-12-27 05:51
Garden Gnomes
The man next door is a gnome. No one knows but me. That must be very lonely. Maybe he has a tunnel in his basement that he uses to visit other gnomes. Or maybe that's dwarves. My friend Marnie could tell
cristof
story
2017-12-07 17:00
Work In Progress
photo credit My dear, lovely friend and sometime editor Lyz Schulte just tagged me on Facebook and challenged me to post the first seven lines of my current Work In Progress (WIP, for us author types).
cristof
story
2017-11-21 17:10
Stand As Gods (original fiction)
Everyone knows the story of Leonidas and the Spartan 300 at Thermopylae. But there was another side to the story. Stand as Gods It is hot, and I am small. And haven’t I walked just as far as all the men
cristof
steemit
2017-11-15 22:04
Why I'm Not Posting to Steemit
It's not what you think. Actually, it's not you. It's me. Specifically, I got a book contract, and that made posting hard. Then I got another one. That made it exceptionally difficult. Then school started
cristof
writing
2017-10-10 19:40
I Kind of Hate Halloween.
Halloween has busted out all over, which I dislike. It's a stupid holiday, filled with teaching children to beg, as if doing it in costume makes it better. I admit I don't mind carving pumpkins, because
cristof
fiction
2017-09-21 15:00
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--Fork 5Z
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I write a pair of second scenes, taking the story in two different directions--a story fork. The reward total after three days determines which
cristof
fiction
2017-09-21 14:50
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--Fork 5A
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I write a pair of second scenes, taking the story in two different directions--a story fork. The reward total after three days determines which
cristof
fiction
2017-09-21 14:31
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--The Story So Far
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I fork it, writing two new scenes that branch off the first one, kind of a choose-your-own-adventure kind of thing. Upvote money picks the fork
cristof
life
2017-09-18 23:15
If Monet Had a House...
The raggedy sunflowers are dried and withered in the front garden, and need to come out. But my goldfinches love them so, and sing so sweetly every morning when they visit, that I can't do it. They don't
cristof
fiction
2017-09-15 14:51
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--Version 4Z
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I write a pair of second scenes, taking the story in two different directions--a story fork. The reward total after three days determines which
cristof
fiction
2017-09-15 14:46
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--Version 4A
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I write a pair of second scenes, taking the story in two different directions--a story fork. The reward total after three days determines which
cristof
fiction
2017-09-12 22:04
Original Fiction: For All The Marbles (Part 3 of 3)
This story was written four years ago as part of a writing workshop, off the prompt to write something about an object: in this case, a marble. It was the first time I tried to write off that kind of prompt,
cristof
fiction
2017-09-12 00:28
Original Fiction: For All The Marbles (Part 2 of 3)
This story was written four years ago as part of a writing workshop, off the prompt to write something about an object: in this case, a marble. It was the first time I tried to write off that kind of prompt,
cristof
fiction
2017-09-11 14:15
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--Version 3Z
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I write a pair of second scenes, taking the story in two different directions--a story fork. The reward total after three days determines which
cristof
fiction
2017-09-11 14:08
The Forking Story: Throw The Bones (A Cheating Death splinter story)--Version 3A
Here's the shtick: I write a story, a scene at a time. Then I write a pair of second scenes, taking the story in two different directions--a story fork. The reward total after three days determines which
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