Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook

Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook

Let the Summer Come Again

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Jeff Somers
Aug 03, 2025
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I can remember being in my 20s, restless and lonely. I can remember that feeling that you hadn’t talked to anyone — really talked — in years. I can remember how impossible it felt to ever make that connection, to ever bridge that gap. This story, written in 1995, captures that sense pretty damn well.

It was like this. I would wake up in a daze, sweaty an…

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