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The Matterhorn: truth in fiction

The Matterhorn: truth in fiction

Writing on the Margins of Fiction and Life

Recent posts

What's Happening in 2026?

Writing and projects!

Jan 6 • Kathleen Clare Waller

Notes from the Classroom

A montage -- A Doll's House, Mandela, agent-seeking, city poetry, gray faces, Greek-style tragedy...

Dec 16, 2025 • Kathleen Clare Waller

Do you dare...write in present tense?

A challenging but worthy pursuit

Nov 25, 2025 • Kathleen Clare Waller

The Konbini and the Happy Tree | 3 - Yuka

Fiction in three parts: the uncanny meeting of an immigrant, a cashier, and an old woman

Nov 11, 2025 • Kathleen Clare Waller

The Konbini and the Happy Tree | 2 - Aoto

Fiction in three parts: the uncanny meeting of an immigrant, a cashier, and an old woman

Nov 4, 2025 • Kathleen Clare Waller

The Konbini and the Happy Tree | 1 - Éloïse

Fiction in three parts: the uncanny meeting of an immigrant, a cashier, and an old woman

Oct 28, 2025 • Kathleen Clare Waller

Letter from the Amami Islands

On the writing of cities and nature

Oct 7, 2025 • Kathleen Clare Waller

Podcasts

The Matterhorn with Dr. Kathleen Waller

Atonement, by Ian McEwan | Episode 61

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