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Carrie has started taking Taekwondo-classes but is kicked to the floor again and again.
January 15, 2023
Point of View: First person - Carrie
Hello And Welcome
A story about how to welcome those broken dreams of ever becoming an artist.
December 16, 2018
Ghost Hearts
Carrie finds an article about new quantum physics and the theory of ‘ghost universes’. Even though she knows it is no good, she begins to obsess about the idea that her dead friend, Lin, may be alive in such a ghost universe.
February 20, 2016
Ancient Melodies
Are you meant not to be friends with some people, even though you feel you have a strange connection?
October 4, 2013
The Cold Has A Voice
Sometimes we connect the strangest memories to people we have lost. That makes them no less beautiful.
March 7, 2012
When The Moment Arrives
What happens when you are waiting at the airport to meet an old friend after 16 years but is not sure you can forgive her for staying out of touch for so long?
November 7, 2010
Scars of Our Civil Wars
Carrie becomes obsessed with finding out the fate of one Anna Lee Shepherd – a teenage survivor from a destructive Civil War raid.
April 23, 2004
Portrait of a Killer
Carrie has finally ditched both drugs and her violent boyfriend. Is it time to get rid of her gun, too?
February 13, 2004
A Letter For My Daughter
Going cold turkey in a lonely motel room, trying to rid herself of cocaine addiction, Carrie writes a letter to the daughter she does not yet have.
June 12, 2003
A Thousand Reasons
It’s stupid to try to walk through the desert from Painted Rocks to Tucson with only half a bottle of water in your handbag. But Carrie is doing so anyway – or is she? [Vignette]
April 17, 2003
When We Hear The Voices Sing
Carrie wavers about whether or not to break up with her violent boyfriend, Jeremy.
April 13, 2003
The One I Tried to Destroy
Ending up in Buenos Aires, Carrie befriends a Falklands War-veteran who turns out to have a dark side.
May 7, 2001
Until You See the Signs
A story about the way we often say goodbye to past relationships.
April 14, 2001
The Halo Of Our Souls
In a Bolivian market, Carrie helps a lost little boy search for his mother, with some unexpected consequences.
July 14, 2000
New Year’s Day
Carrie meets Jacob from Israel who is slated to go to prison when he returns, for refusing military duty. It seems there is no way out. They try to find one anyway.
June 29, 2000
Islands in the Mind
Meeting the perfect traveling companion is sometimes reason to leave as soon as you can.
June 28, 2000
The Division of Lima
Carrie has traveled all the way to Lima in Peru but has not escaped her grief. She wonders how to find the strength to go on.
May 26, 2000
Roads To Leave By
Carrie’s friend, Nadine, tries to stop Carrie from traveling to South America with no plan to ever come back.
April 10, 2000
This Is Where We Walked
Dark clouds gather over life, as Lin struggles with depression. In a bid to make peace with the past Lin takes Carrie to see a haunted house.
January 1, 1999
In the Eye of the Storm
What are the options to save your best friend from a broken home?
February 20, 1996
Strangers In Moscow
Lin offers to use her inheritance to buy Carrie a condo, so Carrie can get away from living with her mother in a cramped two-roomer. But can you say yes to such a gift from someone you only just met?
December 21, 1995
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