That a life builds, grows Is what she had heard. But it sometimes felt The opposite. It was as if a life Started with a mountain A mass of granite Immovable, vast And then things happened: Events, thoughts. The mountain Was chipped away at Incrementally. Tiny etchings, furrows – Surfaces scuffed, worn – From theContinue reading “100-Wird Fiction: ‘No Mountain High’”
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100-Word Fiction: ‘A Physical Geography of Celebrity’
Attrition: erosion of celebrity caused when new information distributed by the media collides with the narrative of a particular personality and shatters it to pieces. Collapse: when a great celebrity ‘falls’ after a loss of support from peers and public following media revelations. Corrasion: gradual wearing away of celebrity. Fault: a large crack in publicContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘A Physical Geography of Celebrity’”
MW Bewick 