Fred Bubbers
@fbubbers.bsky.social
Writer | Teacher
Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | Memoir | Criticism
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Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | Memoir | Criticism
https://fredbubbers.com/
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"Reunion"
I didn’t cry at my mother’s funeral. I was fifteen at the time, and the ordeal of seeing her suffer for the last year of her life had left me emotionally paralyzed.
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I didn’t cry at my mother’s funeral. I was fifteen at the time, and the ordeal of seeing her suffer for the last year of her life had left me emotionally paralyzed.
Continue reading: fredbubbers.com/2025/11/18/r...
#fiction #language #literature #writing #shortstories
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Reunion"
I didn’t cry at my mother’s funeral. I was fifteen at the time, and the ordeal of seeing her suffer for the last year of her life had left me emotionally paralyzed.
Continue reading: fredbubbers.com/2025/11/18/r...
#fiction #language #literature #writing #shortstories
I didn’t cry at my mother’s funeral. I was fifteen at the time, and the ordeal of seeing her suffer for the last year of her life had left me emotionally paralyzed.
Continue reading: fredbubbers.com/2025/11/18/r...
#fiction #language #literature #writing #shortstories
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Come Together fredbubbers.com/2025/08/26/6...
The year that Miriam and I turned fifteen, my mother died in Saint Charles Hospital in a room overlooking the harbor. It was early May and there were campus riots and teargas on the TV...
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The year that Miriam and I turned fifteen, my mother died in Saint Charles Hospital in a room overlooking the harbor. It was early May and there were campus riots and teargas on the TV...
#fiction #shortstories #language #literature
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come Together fredbubbers.com/2025/08/26/6...
The year that Miriam and I turned fifteen, my mother died in Saint Charles Hospital in a room overlooking the harbor. It was early May and there were campus riots and teargas on the TV...
#fiction #shortstories #language #literature
The year that Miriam and I turned fifteen, my mother died in Saint Charles Hospital in a room overlooking the harbor. It was early May and there were campus riots and teargas on the TV...
#fiction #shortstories #language #literature
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Last September
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October 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Art of the Novella: Tumble Home by Amy Hempel fredbubbers.com/2025/10/07/t...
#language #literature #fiction #writing #novella #education
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October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Art of the Novella: Tumble Home by Amy Hempel fredbubbers.com/2025/10/07/t...
#language #literature #fiction #writing #novella #education
#language #literature #fiction #writing #novella #education
Writing With Five Senses:
Lecture delivered at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on July 1, 2019
#writing #literature #education
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Lecture delivered at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on July 1, 2019
#writing #literature #education
fredbubbers.com/2020/03/28/w...
July 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Writing With Five Senses:
Lecture delivered at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on July 1, 2019
#writing #literature #education
fredbubbers.com/2020/03/28/w...
Lecture delivered at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on July 1, 2019
#writing #literature #education
fredbubbers.com/2020/03/28/w...
Remember that time when Emperor Caligula went to war with Neptune and brought home chests of seashells?
June 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Remember that time when Emperor Caligula went to war with Neptune and brought home chests of seashells?
if i schaden my freude any more I might go blind.
June 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
if i schaden my freude any more I might go blind.
Sundowning at 7:00 AM
May 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sundowning at 7:00 AM
No Direction Home - A short story rappahannockreview.com/issue-8-2/co...
#shortstories #language #literature #fiction #writing
#shortstories #language #literature #fiction #writing
March 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
No Direction Home - A short story rappahannockreview.com/issue-8-2/co...
#shortstories #language #literature #fiction #writing
#shortstories #language #literature #fiction #writing
Proper Democrat attire for the State of the Union address.
March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Proper Democrat attire for the State of the Union address.
March 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Could Little Marco get any littler?
February 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Could Little Marco get any littler?
February 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM