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again. (excerpt, 2019)

again. excerpt of a working piece ​ After Grace had fallen back to sleep Connie did what most twenty-somethings who struggle with...

long walk home end of chapter one

Reese thought it would be safer to take the side streets rather than Vivian Lane. Vivian Lane is the main road that leads straight...

long walk home cont'd chapter one

With his stomach pressed into mine I could feel him become heavier as he took in a deep breath. Except for the tears that slid down into...

long walk home, chapter one excerpt

IT WAS 1965. I was a senior at Benjamin Wells High. I fell in love with Tommy Michaels that year. I snuck smokes from my mama’s purse,...

long walk home.

excerpt from my first novel and thesis ​ Preface CECILY MADE DUST CIRCLES ROUND AND ROUND ON THE GROUND, shredding the knees of her...

dead swan.

Short Story ​​ ​ SHE SCORED. Julie scuffled down St. Charles Street with the small plastic vial of crack held tightly in her hand. Her...

kitchen talk.

An Instance Piece ​ “DO YOU SEE YOUR DUMB DAUGHTER UP HERE ON THE OPRAH SHOW, tellin’ all her damn business?” Willadeene growled into the...

gabbi's faith.

Published in Hair Trigger 32, 2010 ​ SOME WOMEN SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIVES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MEN operate. I was sixteen when I...

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