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The story of my life told in short stories and essays. From the author of On Hearing of My Mother's Death Six Years After It Happened: A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness, Stories from My Memory-Shelf is the story of my life told in short fiction and essays. Features author commentary on the real-life events that inspired the stories. “Girl in Pink, Seeing Redö Never mess with a little girl´s best friend – even if she is dressed all in pink. “Two Fathersö “He is clasping my hand and leading me down the street to the local bar; propping me up on a barstool so all his friends can see, can joke with me and about me while I twirl about on the red vinyl, tall and proud to be out with Daddy.ö “Yellow Wagonö A young girl walks to school alone – is she being stalked? “The Second Gradeö Because everything´s a first when you´re in the second grade. “Twilightö “She was strong, she was beautiful, she was graceful. Even if it was only in twilight that it showed.ö “Past and Presentö “ `It was lucky I forgot my keys,´ her mother was saying, rubbing the raised scar between her daughter´s thumb and forefinger. `I came back and found you lying in a pool of blood.´ ö “Hauntedö “Large for my age, prideful of my tomboyhood, and self-assured in my paranormal incredulity, it was I who braved the deep, I, even, who had relayed the tale of the enigmatic contents of the newspaper room following my first venture there, and inadvertently set the neighborhood to wondering what horrors might be lurking at its bottom.ö “Goatö “ `What´s the matter, Sutton?´ Mr. Jenkins inquired. `Schneider get your goat?´ There was a momentous silent pause followed by the audible snap of thirty heads whipping around in unison towards the mortified young girl and the shamelessly grinning boy who had yanked on her ponytail until she´d finally shouted at him to quit it.ö “Fallen Idealö “I didn´t think I wanted to get married. But now I wonder who will take me to the bathroom when I´m too old to stand.ö “Deep-Water Girlö “Go on, deep-water girl! Keep on lookin´ for that deep water! You won´t never find it!ö “Rest Stopö “He approached her, thumbs tucked into the pockets of his own full-length dungarees, evidently immune to the heat. `Say, that´s an expensive trip,´ he observed. `You, uh – you got enough money to get there?´ ö “Found Moneyö “It was something, wasn´t it? Finding five dollars. Not a matter of life or death, maybe. Not just yet.ö “Heads of the Lineö “Each job had its own rhythm. Scrape, scrape, scrape. Thunk; thunk; thunk. It was such a persuasive rhythm that sometimes you even forgot that it was a part of the job. Like that unfortunate header from last season...ö “Fog Lineö “He raised his flashlight and looked her over, as they always did, comparing the image on the out-of-state license to the young woman in the rusty van that pre-dated her by a decade.ö “Jackson, Mississippiö Essay on finally understanding how it must feel to be black in a largely white world. "Baby and Me" "Our best friends were having a baby. Inwardly, I groaned." Flash fiction. In which I fail to comprehend the reproductive instinct that seems to be consuming everyone around me. "Funeral for Charlie" "I watched as the water swirled away, taking Charlie on one final miraculous journey to the home of his ancient ancestors..." Flash fiction. Sad, but oh so true. “Dead in the Waterö “She hung suspended, gazing up at the sky, the sun, the surface, at the cord entangling her foot. It was too late. She would drown; she would die there beneath the water, ten feet away from the people who loved her.ö “Scarsö “Youth does not have a fair picture of itself... It is only with the perspective of years that we begin to see our lives in patterns, in great sweeping arcs that promise, if we examine them closely, to reveal to us something of ourselves, something of who we were, something of who we have become. Something of who we will become.ö What stories are on YOUR memory-shelf?

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Stories from My Memory-Shelf: From the author of On Hearing of My Mother`s Death Six Years After It Happened: A Daughter`s Memoir of Mental Illness, Stories from My Memory-Shelf is the story of my life told in short fiction and essays. Features author commentary on the real-life events that inspired the stories. `Girl in Pink, Seeing Red` Never mess with a little girl`s best friend - even if she is dressed all in pink. `Two Fathers` `He is clasping my hand and leading me down the street to the local bar propping me up on a barstool so all his friends can see, can joke with me and about me while I twirl about on the red vinyl, tall and proud to be out with Daddy.` `Yellow Wagon` A young girl walks to school alone - is she being stalked `The Second Grade` Because everything`s a first when you`re in the second grade. `Twilight` `She was strong, she was beautiful, she was graceful. Even if it was only in twilight that it showed.` `Past and Present` ` `It was lucky I forgot my keys,` her mother was saying, rubbing the raised scar between her daughter`s thumb and forefinger. `I came back and found you lying in a pool of blood.` ` `Haunted` `Large for my age, prideful of my tomboyhood, and self-assured in my paranormal incredulity, it was I who braved the deep, I, even, who had relayed the tale of the enigmatic contents of the newspaper room following my first venture there, and inadvertently set the neighborhood to wondering what horrors might be lurking at its bottom.` `Goat` ` `What`s the matter, Sutton ` Mr. Jenkins inquired. `Schneider get your goat ` There was a momentous silent pause followed by the audible snap of thirty heads whipping around in unison towards the mortified young girl and the shamelessly grinning boy who had yanked on her ponytail until she`d finally shouted at him to quit it.` `Fallen Ideal` `I didn`t think I wanted to get married. But now I wonder who will take me to the bathroom when I`m too old to stand.` `Deep-Water Girl` `Go on, deep-water girl! Keep on lookin` for that deep water! You won`t never find it!` `Rest Stop` `He approached her, thumbs tucked into the pockets of his own full-length dungarees, evidently immune to the heat. `Say, that`s an expensive trip,` he observed. `You, uh - you got enough money to get there ` ` `Found Money` `It was something, wasn`t it Finding five dollars. Not a matter of life or death, maybe. Not just yet.` `Heads of the Line` `Each job had its own rhythm. Scrape, scrape, scrape. Thunk thunk thunk. It was such a persuasive rhythm that sometimes you even forgot that it was a part of the job. Like that unfortunate header from last season...` `Fog Line` `He raised his flashlight and looked her over, as they always did, comparing the image on the out-of-state license to the young woman in the rusty van that pre-dated her by a decade.` `Jackson, Mississippi` Essay on finally understanding how it must feel to be black in a largely white world. `Baby and Me` `Our best friends were having a baby. Inwardly, I groaned.` Flash fiction. In which I fail to comprehend the reproductive instinct that seems to be consuming everyone around me. `Funeral for Charlie` `I watched as the water swirled away, taking Charlie on one final miraculous journey to the home of his ancient ancestors...` Flash fiction. Sad, but oh so true. `Dead in the Water` `She hung suspended, gazing up at the sky, the sun, the surface, at the cord entangling her foot. It was too late. She would drown she would die there beneath the water, ten feet away from the people who loved her.` `Scars` `Youth does not have a fair picture of itself... It is only with the perspective of years that we begin to see our lives in patterns, in great sweeping arcs that promise, if we examine them closely, to reveal to us something of ourselves, something of who we were, something of who we have become. Something of who we will become.` What stories are on YOUR memory-shelf, Englisch, Ebook.

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The story of my life told in short fiction and essays. Features author commentary on the real-life events that inspired the stories."Girl in Pink, Seeing Red"Never mess with a little girl's best friend - even if she is dressed all in pink. Micro fiction. Includes author commentary."Two Fathers"He is clasping my hand and leading me down the street to the local bar; propping me up on a barstool so all his friends can see, can joke with me and about me while I twirl about on the red vinyl, tall and proud to be out with Daddy."Vignette. Includes commentary on the fathers from my youth."Yellow Wagon"A young girl walks to school alone - is she being stalked?Flash fiction. Includes an alternate version and my essay "How Many Times Do I Have to Rewrite this %&^# Thing? The 'Yellow Wagon Saga"The Second Grade"Essay. Because everything's a first when you're in the second grade."Twilight'she was strong, she was beautiful, she was graceful. Even if it was only in twilight that it showed."My very first flash fiction publication. Includes author commentary."Past and Present" 'It was lucky I forgot my keys,' her mother was saying, rubbing the raised scar between her daughter's thumb and forefinger. 'I came back and found you lying in a pool of blood.' "Flash fiction. Third place winner of Avalon Literary Review's Summer 2013 Contest. Includes author commentary."Haunted"Essay. In which rationality triumphs over superstition - almost."Goat"Flash fiction. Includes commentary on how acquiring an odious nickname changed my adolescent life for the better."Fallen Ideal"I didn't think I wanted to get married. But now I wonder who will take me to the bathroom when I'm too old to stand."Micro fiction. Includes author commentary on why married people live longer."Deep-Water Girl"Micro fiction. Includes commentary on "deep-water man" and one of my more bizarre travel experiences."Rest Stop"Flash fiction. Includes commentary on my first time being propositioned as a body for hire - and how.

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Stories-from-My-Memory-Shelf~~Lori-L-Schafer, Stories from My Memory-Shelf: Fiction and Essays from My Past (Large Print Edition), Paperback.

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Stories-from-My-Memory-Shelf~~Lori-L-Schafer, Stories from My Memory-Shelf: Fiction and Essays from My Past, Paperback.

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Stories from My Memory-Shelf: Paperback: Lori Schafer: 9781942170006: 05 Nov 2014.

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Stories from My Memory-Shelf: Paperback: Lori Schafer: 9781942170303: 18 Feb 2015.