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J.W. Eberle

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New Short Story: “How to Steal Copper Wire”

23 Saturday Sep 2017

Posted by Jonny Eberle in News, Writing

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Creative Colloquy, fiction, how to, new, new short story, published, reading, second person, short story, writing, Writing Life, writing process

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A few years ago, a news article caught my attention. An epidemic was sweeping the nation — copper wire theft. People were stealing wire from streetlights and utilities and many of them were getting killed by electrocution in the process. I remember thinking it was a strange kind of crime. Not long after, I saw another article. Copper thieves were popping up in Tacoma and were ripping wire from streetlights all over the city, causing 56 outages and raking in a few thousand dollars. The problem was so widespread, that the city was undertaking a huge effort to replace the copper in its streetlights with less valuable aluminum. There was a story there, so I wrote it down in the my notebook.

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Four years later, as I thought about writing a crime story from a criminal’s perspective, I remembered this curious bit of news. And I thought it might be interesting to frame is as a second-person how-to article, like one of the millions of lists all over the Internet, but a guide for criminals just starting out. “How to Steal Copper Wire” was born.

Now, despite the title, I’m not actually going to tell you how to commit this crime. That would be wrong and probably get me into trouble. I’m also not going to spoil it by telling you what it’s actually about. For that, you’ll just have to check it out for yourself:

Read “How to Steal Copper Wire” on Creative Colloquy

Let me know what you think!

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Jonny Eberle is a writer, photographer, and fictional criminal mastermind in Tacoma, WA. His fiction has appeared in Creative Colloquy.

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New Short Story: “The Cannibals of Kitsap”

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

Posted by Jonny Eberle in News, Writing

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Photo courtesy of the Busy Brain. Used under Creative Commons license.My newest short story, “The Cannibals of Kitsap,” was just published in this week’s Creative Colloquy. It has everything you could ever want — fourth grade intrigue, food that isn’t what it appears to be, and of course, cannibalism in the Pacific Northwest. I don’t want to give too much away, but I do want to encourage you to read it. I hope you enjoy it.

I’m humbled to be published alongside Nick Stillman, L. Lisa Lawrence, and Lawander Thompson. You should definitely check out their stories after you’ve read mine. I’m thrilled to have my fiction appear on Creative Colloquy’s website once more. CC is a Tacoma-based literary website that publishes South Sound writers and hosts a super fun live reading and open mic night once a month at B Sharp Cafe in Tacoma’s Theatre District. This month, I’ll be reading “The Cannibals of Kitsap” as one of the featured readers on Monday, April 27 at 7pm. Maybe I’ll see you there.

Thanks for reading!

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Jonny Eberle is a writer in Tacoma, WA. His previous short story, The Observable Universe, was published by Creative Colloquy in July 2014. He is currently looking for a theatre company to stage his full-length play, Worm Food. You can find him on the Twitter.

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