Author: kellirule
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The Avenue Journal: Water Edition: Hot
“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” – Sun Tzu Hot: Displaced. Discredited. Discarded. What happens when everything a girl has worked for is stolen? What happens when she’s taken all she can take? Hot, a queer revenge fantasy set on the West Central Florida island…
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Celebrating two accomplishments with a cruller for breakfast.
Last night I completed the final edit of my latest short story, To Bethany, with Teeth. When my husband asked me what it was about, my response was, “oh, you know, Voodoo, teeth, domestic violence.” I was deep in editing mode and didn’t quite realize what I had said until he laughed. What a synopsis…
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101 Words: Dinner
Dinner: A small (101 words) glimpse into domestic detachment and regret. Published September 2024 in 101 Words. Direct link here. P.S. Illustration above, entitled “Chaos Bowl,” by me.
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Creepy Podcast: The Scavenger
The Scavenger: A disaffected art school dropout returns to their impoverished rural homestead. But nothing good comes from a life of scrounging for scrap metal and ruminating on everything that has failed you. One must find new hobbies. Dramatized in August 2024 on Creepy Podcast. Narrated by Michelle Kain. Direct link to the audio (Patreon…
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Heavy Feather Review: Everything Got Worse (the story.)
Everything Got Worse: a 1990s-era supernatural tale of rural sprawl and eco-displacement told from the perspective of a kid who got eaten by a gator and his mother who will never find out why he died. Published September 2024 in Heavy Feather Review’s Haunted Passages collection. Direct link to the story. Aaaaaaaaand a taste: The…
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