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Jim Windolf
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Jan 21, 2021

The Man Who Never Made a Mistake

Everyone who met Stuart Jackson — even when he was a child — said he was an amazing person. “He never gave me any trouble, even when he was a baby,” Stuart’s mother said in an interview for this story. “I called him my little angel.” In a separate interview…

Childrens Stories

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Childrens Stories

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Mar 3, 2019

The Children of Paris

About a month ago, because of an obscure but still binding decree made under Napoleon III, all the children were taken from Paris. Bureaucrats drove them away in thousands of buses. In their absence, we laughed our way through three-hour dinners. …

Paris

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The Children of Paris
The Children of Paris
Paris

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Feb 11, 2019

When Frampton Came Alive

Peter Frampton was a talented guitarist, a solid songwriter, and a decent singer. He had a handsome face and long blonde curly hair. For a moment he was the biggest rock star on earth. He grew up in the London borough of Bromley. His grandmother gave him his first musical…

Music

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When Frampton Came Alive
When Frampton Came Alive
Music

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Jan 21, 2019

George and Jane

George was the deputy manager of a small bank branch. He sat at a desk eight or nine hours a day. He was getting flabby. Sometimes he said to himself, “George, you should do some push-ups and sit-ups,” but he never got around to it. …

Fiction

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George and Jane
George and Jane
Fiction

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Dec 17, 2018

The Man Who Shot Santa Claus

Once I was a skinny reporter-in-training. I smoked cigarettes. I wore smudged glasses. I got my breakfast from a street cart. When I wasn’t in the newsroom, I was either drunk at the Film Center Café on Ninth Avenue or asleep in a $90-per-month apartment in Union City, New Jersey…

Short Story

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The Man Who Shot Santa Claus
The Man Who Shot Santa Claus
Short Story

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Aug 14, 2016

The Curse of Smade Basmalle

A writer is never not working — In the 1920s, six writers came together as part of what would become known as the Frango School — named for the cafe where they drank and laughed in the days before it all went wrong. The writers in this circle worked in fish markets or canneries to get by…

Fiction

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The Curse of Smade Basmalle
The Curse of Smade Basmalle
Fiction

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Jul 22, 2016

The McCartney Mania

Three of four days before I started writing this, I was driving down a highway, listening to “Silly Love Songs.” More than listening, I felt like I was merging with it. A scan of my brain would have revealed something that looked like a city lit up at night. …

Paul Mccartney

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Paul Mccartney

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Jim Windolf

Jim Windolf

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I’ve published short fiction in Ontario Review and Five Dials, and humor pieces in The New Yorker. Songs at https://soundcloud.com/jimwindolf.

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