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A Story Derived from 3 Words in Moby Dick

A Story Derived from 3 Words in Moby Dick

A narrative experiment.

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Julie Steward
Aug 13, 2025
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Today, for no apparent reason, I decided to write a short story based on three words I randomly found in my old grad-school copy of Moby Dick. The following story has nothing to do with whales, megalomaniacs, or men named Queequeg. Instead, the words I found were: season, forgetful, and gazing.

The Season of Forgetful Gazing

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