About Thomas Elson
Thomas Elson lives in Northern California. He writes of lives that fall with neither safe person nor safe net to catch them.
His short stories have appeared, or are scheduled to appear in the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Red City Literary Review, Avalon Literary Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Oracle Fine Arts Review, Perceptions Magazine, and Literary Commune.
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Limestone in the Winter — cover story fiction death
Thomas Elson lives in Northern California. He writes of lives that fall with neither safe person nor safe net to catch them.
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Just Like Before — fiction
Like a dream...
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Adding Sand — flash fiction
It was a time of return...
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Was I Not Curious Enough? — flash fiction
Not knowing how to ask...
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Daddy's Stories — flash fiction
He was adept at making up stories...
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Shadow Across the Building — fiction horror
He knew that shadow well...
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Are You Ready? — fiction horror
Always and never...
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Passing By — fiction horror
"...I know what you're made of..."
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A Child's Creativity — flash fiction
"Collateral damage" is a catchy phrase that means "I don't care who I hurt..."
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Years and Yearbooks — flash fiction
A shared dream could be perfect ...
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From Wichita to Waco — flash fiction
"...I’m here and you’re there...."
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100% True -- Mostly — flash fiction
Too young and too dumb, indeed...
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At Home With You — poem unrhymed
"...Whenever you hold a book, I will be there..."
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The Day God Disappeared — poem unrhymed
"... what remains of your domicile with walls the color of ash..."
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A Place You Could Not Follow — poem unrhymed
"...I remained silent as you left the house..."
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Was It Then — poem unrhymed
"...We made our decisions...."
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Afterwards — poem
"...They will not tell you..."
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The Resurrected Face of Emmet Till — poem unrhymed
"...A repellant death mask..."
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Barren Wind — poem unrhymed
"...Blue skies disappeared replaced by a steel wool skyline..."
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His High & Mightiness — poem unrhymed
"...An exhausting presence..."
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I Am Your Traveling Companion — poem unrhymed
"...You will complain, create excuses, worry..."
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Bestest Kiva — essay love
Remembering ...
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August 27<sup>th</sup> at 3:43 pm — flash fiction
"...at this moment, he has readied himself...
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No Stoplight on That Corner — prose
"...two young women arrived their lives in front of them..."
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It's Mine Now — prose
Unwelcome in so many ways...
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The Staff of Life — poetry
"...better to consume robustly ..."