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May 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

I Wrote and Delivered a Monologue ONCE

I can’t act. Maybe that’s because I can’t lie. It’s also because I can’t – I just know that. I’ve never really tried. But I can only ever be myself, and that’s a hard enough gig some days. But I can stand up and read – poems, stories, that sort of thing. I’ve delivered guest […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2002, Blog, Fringe Festival, I Wrote and Delivered a Monologue, I Wrote and Delivered a Monologue ONCE, Illuminating Samantha, Knowing Lisa, Monologue, Newtown, Short Stories, The Space, Wellington, Writing ·

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August 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Illuminating Samantha

Most of the guys say that they just want to talk. That’s it, you know, talk. I mean, alright, yeah, they might put their hand on my knee and glide it toward the thigh a bit, while they talk. But, they’re still there – with me – to talk. They don’t kiss, or even try. […]
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