Written Tales

  • Denise McCabe

    Denise McCabe is a Los Angeles–based playwright and fiction writer whose work often unfolds in the charged space between intimacy and uncertainty. Her plays have been staged locally, and she is the author of Poetic Justice and its follow-up, Buddha Wolf.

August 21, 2024

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After the long birthday meal, Doug washes the dishes, wipes the table, pours more wine, and then speaks; his expression shows it's no joke.

January 26, 2024

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Grandpa leads the cousins through the crowded street, the boys jostling ahead while a younger girl keeps close, drawn to the narrow rooms and the treat waiting at the corner...

June 1, 2023

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Home after another late night, she slips off her shoes, craving warmth and quiet, only to find Harvey seated at her kitchen table, his serious, drunken stare unsettling the room.