Caldwell
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I have 158 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 162753 times
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Christopher Caldwell
I grew up in England and have since made a home in France, on the banks of the Loire. My writing explores how family, place, and history leave their traces on us.
My stories
Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa"
He stands before La Balsa de la Medusa in the Louvre, motionless, arms hanging limp at his sides, as if the painting itself has robbed him of the...
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Harrow left behind
The bell above the door chimed with a sound so soft it seemed embarrassed to be heard. Ian stepped into the antiquarian bookshop like a man slipping...
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The bird with no beak
If you weren’t looking closely, you just wouldn’t see— Not all birds looked the same high up in the tree. Feathers? Check. Claws? Check. Wings to...
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Sasquatch Love
The great beast had lived in the deep green hush of the forest for longer than he could count. The days passed in a rhythmic solitude: plucking...
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Labyrinthine Apparition
I find myself in a building that resists definition—part university, part manor house, a place with too many corridors and too much history. The air...
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