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“On a long-running group chat with my three best friends, I send the obituary of the guy that sexually assaulted one of us over twenty years ago…” Thank you to Anti-Heroin Chic for finding a home for my latest essay, Chunk. Pulled from a real group chat, I explore the dynamic between life-long friends,…
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“I cut green apples into fourths and then eighths. I slice them into smaller and smaller pieces, the flesh slippery in my fingers. I arrange them in a careful line on the plate, counting as I go—one through twenty-four. So far, twenty-four is the smallest I’ve been able to get them without slicing my finger.…
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“Holly lays in bed, one leg bent over the edge, the other bare foot resting on the cool creased pillow. Pink toes. Avon Pink Minx. She idles the morning away, watching cartoons and smoking cigarette after cigarette. Charlie would not approve but Charlie is not here. Holly throws an arm behind her head and stares…
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Eric Scot Tryon, writer and editor of Flash Frog interviewed me about my story Carhartt Brown (published in their July 2021 issue of Ghost Parachute) for his FLASH on the FIVE series. “Ultimately, I wrote it with one goal: to find the truth of my reaction to a certain subgroup of men of whom I…
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My latest CNF Flash story, Carhartt Brown is up today at Ghost Parachute. If you get a chance, give it a read! http://ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2021-issue/carhartt-brown/ Thanks to Brett J Barr for his amazing illustration. ARTIST CREDIT: Brett J Barr is an artist/ tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in…
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Note: This craft article was originally published at The Review Review. This is the second in a series of throw-back articles. This one is dedicated to my friend Becky: runner, writer, mom, teacher – sometimes jerk in text messages. As a runner, I am unimpressive. Slow. Not middle of the pack slow – back of the…
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Note: This craft article was originally published at The Review Review. This is the first in a series of throw-back articles. When my siblings and I were little, our father would drive us over the Dizzy Hill. Of course, it isn’t really called that. It’s just a hill on a country road on the way…
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The sun and the moon were at equal space in the horizon this morning. Star crossed lovers. There is an old African folktale told by the Efik people of Nigeria that says the sun and moon were once best friends on earth. Sometimes husband and wife. But the sun invited the earth’s water to his…
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I wrote an ode to my father and running and never giving up even when I should. It won second place at the Atticus Review 2020 Flash Creative Nonfiction contest judged by Nick Flynn. I’m proud to see it published today. Hayfields | Atticus Review Related Reading: First Place Winner, The Walls Here by Rachel…
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I’m excited to say that my CNF Flash Hay Fields was awarded second place at the Atticus Review 2020 Flash CNF Contest. Congratulations to the first place winner Rachel Sudbeck for her essay “The Walls Here” and Charity Gingerich for winning third place! I’ve read Rachel’s CNF and it is gorgeous. Do yourself a favor…
Brianne M. Kohl 