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Kristin Bergene
Apr 14, 20182 min read
Seven Days
The air’s saturated. Heavy. Hot. Humid. Impossible to feel warmth from the evening sun on unavoidably damp skin. A tangerine hue blends...
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Kristin Bergene
Jun 9, 20141 min read
Beginning & End
Snapshots. That’s how he got up here. The green duffle bag had been under his bed. Already packed, though not well. How was he supposed...
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Kristin Bergene
Jun 1, 20141 min read
Salvation
I stare at my knees. My lost day has been given back to me. Carol comes to check my pulse. She sticks the thermometer in my ear, sets my...
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Kristin Bergene
May 27, 20141 min read
The Last Night (2)
Nights like this. But one last pint to pour. And, with the glass in her fingers, she moves. Bites her lip, as she grins for the golden...
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Kristin Bergene
May 22, 20141 min read
Summer Lunch
We sit at the wooden bench closest to the boatyard. The congestion of the city a few blocks beyond the back door of The Net can’t reach...
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Kristin Bergene
May 21, 20141 min read
The Last Night
Boots skid through the skinny puddles of beer on the red floor. Dancing as the music’s turned up with the last set of the band. Stepping...
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Kristin Bergene
May 19, 20141 min read
Stuck in fiction
Can’t talk about it. Can’t even think about it. Can’t figure out how to ask. You’ve tried. Kind of. Pushed aside by yourself until it’s...
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Kristin Bergene
May 18, 20141 min read
The News.
For the moment, she’s the force behind the calm. Encouragement and serenity pressed in-between the lines of each report. And it’s...
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Kristin Bergene
May 16, 20141 min read
Endings.
I’m not even sure what to say. I did love him – for whatever reason. I still feel him in my chest when I think of losing him and the...
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Kristin Bergene
Sep 21, 20132 min read
New Projects
For anyone who knows anything about me, it’s evident that I am a very entrepreneurial sort of person. While I may not have an MBA, I...
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Kristin Bergene
Aug 15, 20126 min read
ASSESSMENT: The Meeting
The is the last piece of assessment I will share. It is the first act of a play about insanity. Enjoy, xx, Kristin . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Kristin Bergene
Aug 13, 20127 min read
ASSESSMENT: The Bar
My next piece of assessment is a short story. There is no original on this blog. Enjoy! xx, Kristin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Kristin Bergene
Aug 8, 20124 min read
ASSESSMENT: Three Nights
I’ve decided to begin posting the work that I’d submitted for this term’s final assessment. My grades have been received and I am quite...
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Kristin Bergene
Jul 3, 20121 min read
Season’s End
Gentle waves that rode along the surface of the dark river swirled with haste. The rain from the last week had caused it to swell in its...
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Kristin Bergene
Jun 4, 20121 min read
The Editing, The Editing
Hello All, Over the last term I’ve discovered a stronger editing process for my book. With the help of my talented course mates and...
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Kristin Bergene
Nov 28, 20118 min read
The Interview – BEFORE
For my own purposes, I have decided to post a before and after of this piece entitled The Interview. The piece was reviewed in my...
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Kristin Bergene
Jul 20, 20113 min read
Three Nights
A rare breeze caught the hanging cloths as they dangled from wooden poles of a makeshift tent. Tied together and knotted to the warn...
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Kristin Bergene
Jul 11, 20113 min read
Rainbow Fish
It began in the basement. Why does it always begin in a basement? We were huddling, scared of the storm that was destroying everything we...
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Kristin Bergene
Jun 13, 20115 min read
The Animal – Excerpt 2
This is an excerpt from The Animal. I had posted the first few pages from this piece before which you can see by clicking this link – The...
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