Category: what’s new
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JMWW Journal: Copperfield
Copperfield: An elderly woman in an oppressive small town has “let herself go.” Stopped gardening. Stopped bathing. Dyed all her clothes black. Has given up on humanity until a chance encounter with fourteen year-old Melody; a kindred spirit who’s determined to find herself…by getting lost. Published October 2024 by JMWW Journal. I am really proud…
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Ink in Thirds: In Another Life
“James lies on the motel bed. Outside, a tinsel rain begins to fall…” In Another Life: A study in mania and its inevitable crash. And also, orange juice. Watch for this little 317-word gem in the Spring/Summer issue of Ink in Thirds. Ink in Thirds is a lusciously curated publication, offering both print and digital…
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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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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…
Kelli Dianne Rule: Author 