{ ribcage } volume 2{ ribcage } volume 2 (book)

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The second collection of stories from the flash fiction website www.ribcage.org, Ribcage: Volume 2 is 54 stories on loving the everyday and ordinary, even as it's changing around you. Includes a story about dolphins that you have not yet read. These stories are mostly about a girl named Emily. Emily can skip a stone six times on water before it sinks. BEAT THAT.

{ ribcage } Volume 1{ ribcage } Volume 1 (book)

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Emily, with her cherry colored hair. Emily, who painted the sun onto our washing machine, the moon on our dryer. Emily, who can smell coffee through walls. Emily, with all of her routines--she's anything but that. Ribcage: Volume 1 is the first collection of linked shorts from the weekly flash fiction site, Ribcage.org. 54 fast-paced vignettes about a young married couple and the comfort of predictability. Includes an introduction and exclusive story, Standing Where It's Sturdy and Safe, written specifically for this volume.

Nine Lives for the Fat Kid Frame of MindNine Lives for the Fat Kid Frame of Mind (e-book)

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This is an honest and open 4,200 word essay about overcoming the more lasting effects of obesity. This is the truth about my life after losing 160 pounds. This isn't boring, like this blurb would have you to believe. Mostly, this is about love, sex and a former fat kid's fat around the brain. It was written for an essay contest and will be available here for a limited time--until the contest's results are close to coming in. Content is suitable for adults and more mature teens. (Some language, some adult themes.) For more about me, please visit http://www.christianstella.com

Things You Can't Give UpThings You Can't Give Up (e-book)

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Four deleted chapters from The After Fat, my forthcoming book on losing more than half my body weight and overcoming the emotional impact of childhood obesity. These are a hodge podge of chapters, mostly revolving around specifics of low carb dieting. This is some good material, just a little too specific for the story arc of the book. 26 pages.