Category Archives: Bend Light

2×2: A fiction

Posted on May 27, 2013 by stephenarcher

Her father named her Nola. As unlikely as it was, he was a jazz fan, hence the name. It was Sat­ur­day after­noon. Guatemala City was warm. Hawk­ers thinly dis­guised as street per­form­ers were in front of most stores near the national … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Justice

Posted on May 17, 2013 by stephenarcher

To start, read this story and click on every link: Wel­come back. I took this pic­ture months ago while walk­ing around Guatemala City. I did not know what it meant. Exactly three days ago, I looked up “Jus­tice for Geno­cide” on … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Crack

Posted on May 10, 2013 by stephenarcher

I joined a writ­ing group for a while. I should be in sev­eral of these. I like to write and I am not ter­ri­ble at it. I like words and I know what lots of them mean and I can … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Light on Thorns

Posted on May 2, 2013 by stephenarcher

I haven’t been writ­ing. I haven’t been check­ing in with myself. I haven’t been drink­ing in the life my body is mov­ing through. I have been rais­ing my son. I have been lov­ing my wife. I have been doing my … Con­tinue read­ing →

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This Climb Does Not End

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stephenarcher

If I had a Sun­day morn­ing off while I was a surgery res­i­dent, it felt like Christ­mas and my birth­day every time. They did not come often. I worked over 100 hours/week and was on call either every third or every … Con­tinue read­ing →

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24 Minutes Plus Six For Commercials

Posted on March 27, 2013 by stephenarcher

I don’t won­der so much now how I grew up think­ing that life was going to be for me as it was for Steve McGar­ret (played by Jack Lord, actu­ally born John Joseph Patrick Ryan – that’s three cool names) on Hawaii … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Child of the Sun

Posted on March 19, 2013 by stephenarcher

I have four words for my son for his learn­ing. These are spring­boards. They (you know, “them”) will teach him how to read and add/subtract in those rooms. After that (before that really, as in right now), this, these: Pas­sion Curios­ity … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Untitled 88

Posted on March 5, 2013 by stephenarcher

Just the photo. After my last post, I think it best to leave the words out…I say this even though I know that it will be hard for you not to go back and read it. It’s bad. Just own­ing that. But you … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pyramidamid

Posted on March 4, 2013 by stephenarcher

I would love to say that you start with a blank. But it’s me. I start with a blank. Then I have eggs and toast and cof­fee on the road and then I end up some­where with my cube shaped … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Blue Window

Posted on February 17, 2013 by stephenarcher

This blue win­dow opens, flut­ters an invite: Wind wan­ders through here

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