titles: the legend continues

russ, the butcher: a study in ham and cheese

senor garsueno: una vida de jamon y queso

the butcher's dilemma: a study in ham and cheese

exercises in self indulgence: a collection of short stories written in the third person

with thanks to stephan jenkins

possible story title: the rise and fall of my sloppy love

Story Titles

• top 10 desert island mix: love songs and the misery they inspire, especially when sung by lionel richie

• abridged excerpts from reginald haygood's thesis defense presentation: a random sampling of consumer shopping lists and the horrifying implications they present

possible collection titles

marginalia

the fabrication of intimacy

intimate fabrications

the monotony of desire: a complete collection of incomplete lives

the deconstruction of desire: a complete guide to incomplete lives

faint echoes of a distant love

tales for the tender of heart and hesitant of mind

in reverie

title from the notebook...

a short fiction adaptation of a movie based on the hans klemmer novel, elsabet and the windmills of wellington

titles from the notebook...

• a series of melancholic ruminations upon strolling through the derelict atrium of the great spotted kiwi

• a disappointing list of metaphors or 9 reasons my bread has mold

• tender thoughts after witnessing a paleolithic era diorama

• discarded tapes sold at auction after the closure of local dating service: the quiet evolution of desperation

• discarded story draft found in copy center's recycle bin, crumpled next to a black and white scan of playboy

• candid observations written on a piece of hotel stationery

• partial list of impressions made on hotel stationery written by mr. mc connel greggers, room # 816, august the 9th, 2000

• data sample #119 in a series of 300 collected by dr. virgil osgood of longkirk university

• two lives moving toward a disappearing center