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Unsaid Issue 4
In memory of Craig Arnold (1967-2009), Hayden Carruth (1921-2008), Peter Christopher (1956-2008), Harold Pinter (1930-2008),David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
A Note Regarding the Cover: Anklet, 2006, by Shelton Walsmith gelatin silver print.
David McLendon, Editor
Archie O'Connor, Publisher
Daniel Richardson, Designer

WORDS YOU SHOULD USE IN FICTION, A SELECTION

Andy Devine

 

A

A, about, above, across, after, again, against, air, alive, all, almost, along, already, also, always, among, an, and, another, any, anybody, anymore, anyone, anything, anyway, anywhere, are, aren't, arm, around, as, asked, asleep, at, ate, awake, away.

B

Baby, back, backseat, backyard, bag, ball, bat, bathroom, bathtub, battery, be, bed, bedroom, been, before, begin, beginning, behind, belt, bend, beside, better, between, big, bigger, blanket, blew, blind, blood, blow, blowing, board, body, bone, born, both, bottom, bounced, bowl, box, boy, brake, break, breath, breathe, breathed, breathing, bright, bring, broke, broken, brother, brought, brush, bucket, bunch, buried, burn, burned, burning, burnt, bury, but, button, by.

C

Call, called, came, can, can’t, car, card, carpet, carried, carry, cat, catch, chain, chair, cheek, chest, chicken, clear, climb, climbed, close, closed, clothes, cloud, coat, cold, color, colored, coloring, combed, come, coming, cotton, couch, coughed, could, couldn’t, countertop, cover, cow, cradle, cradled, cradling, crate, crawl, crawled, crayon, crib, cried, cry, crying, cupboard, cushion, cut.

D

Dad, day, dead, deep, didn't, die, died, dies, dig, dirt, dirty, ditch, do, doctor, does, doesn't, dog, doing, doll, done, don't, door, doorway, down, dress, dresser, dried, driven, driver, driveway, driving, drop, dropped, drove, drown, dry, dug, dying.

E

Each, ear, easier, easy, eat, either, elbow, else, emptied, emptier, empty, end, ended, ending, enough, even, ever, every, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, eye, eyelash, eyelid.

F

Face, fall, family, far, farther, fast, father, feed, feel, feet, fell, fewer, field, fill, filled, filling, find, finger, fire, first, fit, fixed, flash, flashlight, flat, flooded, floors, fold, folded, food, foot, forehead, forth, frame, from, frowned, full.

G

Gas, gather, gave, get, gets, getting, girl, glove, glue, glued, go, goes, going, gone, goodnight, got, gotten, grabbed, grass, ground, grow, growing, guts.

H

Had, hair, hallway, hammer, hand, handed, handful, happen, happened, hard, has, hat, have, he, head, hear, heat, heel, held, help, helped, her, hers, herself, high, highway, hills, him, himself, hinge, hip, his, hit, hold, holding, holds, hole, home, hot, house, how, hubcap, hump, hunched.

I

I, ice, if, in, inside, insides, into, is, isn't, it, its, it's.

J

Jar, jaw, just.

K

Keep, kept, key, kill, killed, kind, kitchen, knee, knife, knock, knocked, known.

L

Laid, lake, lamp, land, lap, large, last, lay, leak, leave, leaves, leaving, left, leg, less, let, let's, lifted, lights, like, liked, lips, listened, little, live, lived, lives, living, long, longer, look, looked, looking, looped, lost, lot.

M

Made, make, makes, making, Mama, man, many, map, married, marry, maybe, me, melted, men, metal, middle, might, mile, milk, mirror, mom, Mom, more, morning, mother, mouth, moving, much, must, my.

N

Nail, name, napkin, necklace, need, needed, neither, never, next, night, nighttime, nobody, nodded, noise, none, nose, not, nurse.

O

Of, off, old, older, once, one, only, onto, open, opened, or, other, our, ours, ourselves, out, outside, over, own.

P

Pack, packed, paint, painted, pair, pants, Papa, paper, parked, part, past, paved, pay, pen, people, pick, picked, picture, pile, pillows, pin, pinched, place, plate, play, played, player, pocket, poked, pole, pop, Pop, porch, pounded, practice, pretty, probably, pull, pulled, pump, pumped, purse, push, pushed, put.

Q

Quiet, quit.

R

Racks, ran, rang, reached, ready, real, really, record, rest, rib, ring, river, road, rock, rocking, roll, rolled, rolling, roof, room, rope, rubbed.

S

Said, same, sat, save, saw, say, saying, school, screen, see, set, sew, shade, shake, shared, sharp, she, sheet, shell, shirt, shoe, shoelaces, shook, short, should, shoulder, shouldn’t, shut, sick, side, sidewalk, since, sink, sister, sit, sized, skin, skirt, sky, sleep, sleeping, slept, slide, small, smaller, smelled, smiled, smoke, smoothed, so, sock, some, somebody, sometimes, somewhere, song, soon, spare, spend, spit, spoke, spoon, squeeze, squeezed, squeezing, stab, standing, start, started, starved, stay, stayed, steam, steered, stick, sticks, sticky, still, stomach, stomachs, stones, stood, stoop, stop, stopped, store, street, string, strong, stuff, stuffed, sucked, suit, suitcase, sun, sunglasses, supposed, swallow, sweat, swung.

T

Table, take, takes, talk, talked, talking, talks, tell, tents, than, that, the, their, them, themselves, then, there, these, they, thing, this, those, though, thoughts, thread, threaded, threw, throat, through, throw, thumb, tied, tight, tip, tire, to, toe, together, told, tongue, too, took, tools, top, touch, touched, touching, toward, towel, town, toy, traded, trading, trash, tree, truck, trunk, trying, tube.

U

Under, underwear, undressed, unfolded, until, up, us.

V

Vein, vine.

W

Waist, wait, waited, walk, walked, wallet, wall, want, wanted, warm, was, washed, wasn’t, watch, watched, water, waved, way, we, wear, wearing, went, were, weren’t, wet, what, when, where, which, whole, why, will, wind, window, windowsill, windshield, wiped, without, woke, woman, women, wore, worked, would, wouldn't, wrapped, wrench, wrinkled.

X, Y, Z
Yard, year, yet, you, your.