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Tiny Jar of Mayo + Rick Moody story
[The auction for this object, with story by Rick Moody, has ended. Original price: free. Final price: $51.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] Guy comes on the train, Sunday morning, I have slept one hour, I think, *#%$!, here I am again, hostage to some psychotic mother*#%$er who [...]
Continue reading...Toy Car + Marisa Silver story
22. March 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Marisa Silver, has ended. Original price: free. Final price: $41.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] I failed my learner’s permit test three times. The first time, my father was angry, because he had gotten out of bed at seven thirty [...]
Continue reading...Monkey Puppet + Dara Horn story
19. March 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Dara Horn, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $47.20. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] Among Franz Kafka’s possessions upon his death from tuberculosis in 1924 were many unpublished manuscripts and personal effects, all entrusted to the novelist Max Brod, [...]
Continue reading...Miniature Pitchfork + Stacey D’Erasmo story
18. March 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Stacey D'Erasmo, has ended. Original price: 69 cents. Final price: $19.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] In the sugar house, near the celluloid sea, we tend to wake up early. You are — you design small, lovely, useful things in [...]
Continue reading...Copper Dishes + Dan Piepenbring story
16. March 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Dan Piepenbring, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] —Step right up ladies and germs I said step right up fer yer chance to glance the World Famous All-Around Renowned Crowd-Pleasing Brain-Teasing Mind-Reading Dishware [...]
Continue reading...Metal Dish + Scott Jacobson story
8. March 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Scott Jacobson, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $22.72. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.] Donald “Dax” Florin stood behind the bar, balancing the hard-boiled eggs. Dax — 44 years old, face just a lifestyle change or two away [...]
Continue reading...Rubber Band Gun + Benjamin Percy story
1. March 2010
[ Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Benjamin Percy, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now. ] I brought to school a rubber-band gun I bought at the mall. I bought it at that store with the tarot cards and the stink bombs and the beer T-shirts [...]
Continue reading...Wire Basket + Jim Hanas story
26. February 2010
[The auction for this object, with story by Jim Hanas, has ended. Original price: $1.50. Final price: $27.00. Previous installments in Hanas' series "Why They Cried" are here. Proceeds from this auction will go to Girls Write Now. ] Why They Cried: Jacqueline Cause: Sharp, icy wind The air was cold and the wind was sharp, causing [...]
Continue reading...Hair Pick
3. February 2010
[The auction for this item, with story by Robin Sloan, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $13.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] So there was a banshee on our property. We heard the wail first (naturally) and we heard it for a while before we ever saw her. At [...]
Continue reading...Wooden Armadillo
27. January 2010
[The auction for this item, with story by Randy Kennedy, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $16.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] Later, in the glove box, the police found a letter. It said: “Letter To The Police, All the stuff in the trunk and underneath the sleeping bag [...]
Continue reading...Music Box
25. January 2010
[The auction for this item, with story by Nicholas Rombes, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $147.50. This story was chosen from the S.O. Fictionaut Group. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] The box. Of course, the box. How could he forget? The music box disguised as a gift box [...]
Continue reading...Love Pillow
18. January 2010
[The auction for this item, with story by David Abrams, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $36.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] In the end, the pillow came between them. It was the last bone of contention, the impasse they faced after dividing the spoils of a [...]
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