Intoxicated Impressions


Well, well - perfect timing. I come back from a break and get an email saying one of my pieces has just gone live at Litsnack. Yay. Time to get rolling again. I enjoy this particular ezine a lot. Dan Tricarico, the editor, does a great job selecting artwork to go with the stories and poems and there are some fine writers featured there.

You'll find the link to my new piece, Intoxicated Impressions, below. I hope you like it.

http://litsnack.weebly.com/1/post/2010/08/intoxicating-impressions-by-paula-ray.html

Comments

Unknown said…
Great piece, Paula... So very readable...

I loved: "Build me a bridge with your merlot tongue and I’ll crawl into your mouth all tipsy and giggly, kicking at the names you’ll call me when you discover I’m that small, that insignificant..."
August 24, 2010 at 1:21 AM
Daniel Tricarico said…
Your words are very kind, Paula, and meant a great deal to me. Thanks!

Dan
August 24, 2010 at 2:25 AM
Anonymous said…
Exactly!

Fuck! (Sorry about the profanity, but sometimes there's no better distillation of thought and emotion than that. It's heartfelt.)

Excellent, as always.

You're damned lucky I'm already married. Otherwise, you'd have a genuine stalker. :)

You wound and heal with the same words. More cannot be asked of a writer.
August 24, 2010 at 5:06 AM
gerry boyd said…
great writing, compelling story.
August 24, 2010 at 3:19 PM
Paula Ray said…
Wow, so glad you all dug this one. Thank you, Ant Daniel (for publishing it, especially), Shaun, and Gerry. You guys are the best! You are making me eager to write more.
August 26, 2010 at 10:06 PM
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