E. G. Fabricant

From "Matters Familiar." A small girl, suffocating in the growing culture of fear around her, struggles to take the high ground.

From "Matters Familiar." A retired cowgirl and her best friend resort to drugs, kidnapping, and interstate flight to escape the nursing home and reclaim their lives.

From "Matters Familiar." A vignette, after infidelity was declared an Olympic sport. Sexually explicit.

From "Matters Familiar." Two brothers try to make sense of their lives after their domineering mother's death. Adult language.

From "Matters Familiar." Adrift in his own life and desperate for a belief system, a young man finds direction and purpose from a surprising source.

From "Matters Familiar." Worried about his sickly nephew's future, a dutiful mob soldier finds inspiration an ocean and an age away. Adult situations, language.

Matters Familiar is an anthology of short stories, offering 12 tales from inside complex contemporary relationships featuring parents; kids; convicts; hustlers; lawyers; politicians; and other undesirables: · A small girl, suffocating in the growing... Lire la suite

From "Matters Familiar." A girls' softball team rebels and instructs parents and coaches in the value of competition.

From "Matters Familiar." A top-dollar attorney complains about the bill and unwittingly becomes his plumber's Zen pupil. Adult language.

After cutting school, two bored teenagers cook up some Spam-inspired mischief between the housekeeper and Grandpa. The result? Not what they bargained for. Adult situation.

"A Call Away" is built upon one of my free stories, "Me--Molly," which was my entry in NPR's Round 10 of their occasional feature, "Three Minute Fiction." There, the 600-word story had to be written "as a voice-mail message." It was my first tale... Lire la suite

What you're buying into here are a series of 13 essays I posted as 35 blog entries to my website between the end of 2005 and just before the November 2010 election. Most of the first 32 were published weekly throughout 2006 and are organized around... Lire la suite

From "Matters Familiar." A recently-divorced father sharing custody of his young son learns about parenting in an unlikely place--Death Row. Adult language.

From "Matters Familiar." Two boys, one mother; two lives, separated from birth.

It's six weeks until the scheduled launch of the first manned Mars fly-by, when Diana Erden--one-half of the married "Phobonaut" crew--loses consciousness. The choice facing the TransMars Collective, a private venture on the threshold of history?... Lire la suite

From "Matters Familiar." A scandal-plagued politician contemplates suicide, but checks in with his cousin first to sort things out. Adult language.

From "Matters Familiar." An amnesiac accident victim recovers more than his health among strangers in a small Southern town. Adult situations, language.

Here's my entry for Round Seven of National Public Radio's "Three Minute Fiction," concluded November 12. As usual, had to be 600 words or less; this round one character had to come to town and one character had to leave town. Still not buying my... Lire la suite

"Timeout" was my contribution to Round 11 of National Public Radio's "Three Minute Fiction," concluded June 9, 2013. Rules: 600 words or fewer; not "inappropriate;" and in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning. I... Lire la suite

Here's my entry in Round Six of National Public Radio's "Three Minute Fiction," concluded April 3. As usual, had to be 600 words or less; this round one character had to tell a joke and one character had to cry. From the selections, seems the... Lire la suite