Recent Writing

Flies

by Annh Browder My mama always said that flies were the first sign that something had died. When autumn came and our garden would die, flies would soon follow. They would lay their eggs in the dead plants’ husks, and, eventually, those eggs would hatch. I would often watch them…

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A black-and-white photo of a bald man riding a lawnmower over the grass of a lawn.

i’ve seen them happy

by Andrew Furst it strikes me how people who want to stay the same have to change so much. so much, that the tides seem to move with them, a busy kind of inertia. i’ve seen them happy, i’m sure of it. cleaning their gutters and mowing their lawns. savoring…

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A woman with purple hair kissing a cat.

Purple Reign

by Angela Townsend If Lana knows that people underestimate her, she does not show it.   She shows up to committee meetings with freshly purpled hair. It is not intended to be subtle or ironic, qualities that search in vain for a place to touch down in Lana. Big birds have…

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