briannekohl
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When I was in sixth grade, my homeroom and science teacher was Mr. Bassetti. He was a very nice man, a very nice teacher. One grading quarter, in our science class, he gave us the following option: skip the quizzes and tests if we performed a series of predetermined science experiments at home. As a…
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I have a new short story published in the October issue of See Spot Run, a print-only literary magazine associated with Alma College in Alma, Michigan. My story is titled Three Hours to Saint Paul It managed to snag the coveted centerfold spot in the magazine. That’s fancy pants, I think. I mean, its fancy pants…
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In truth, we were both a little uncomfortable in our respective positions. He, dead so long and poised satirically on a large granite boulder. Me, so close to his nether regions. But, we had a lovely moment together in Merrion Square Park… Until I ran away and thew my arms around the bust of Michael…
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This is clearly not how I write, I tell myself as I listen to the clickety-clack of little laptop and tablet keys. My writer’s group has assembled – not to critique one another’s work as we normally do, but to quietly sit and write. It is a novel idea but as I sit here and…
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Some days, you have to stand still. Trust that the world is moving around you, propelling a body forward with a quiet and unrelenting velocity.
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I write stories. For a really long time, I wrote stories in secret – never sharing, never admitting this is what I wanted in my life. Never failing but never succeeding, either. Until one day that changed. A small part was figuring out how to share my work. The larger part came with barely…
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My Road Dog and I just got back from a two week, five city tour through various parts of Europe. It was exhausting and fun and silly and life-affirming. We didn’t fight one single time. We got to see awesome friends. And, we learned quite a bit on this trip. Travel is important to us…
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http://thecornerclubpress.weebly.com/uploads/6/0/5/3/6053731/issue_10.pdf Check out my new story over in Issue 10 at The Corner Club Press. New story is titled The Loss Of You. I hope you enjoy reading it and the other great stories and poems in Corner Club’s tenth issue!
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Being a writer means feeling the burn of an unrequited love. It means you will love something that can never really ever love you back. You’ll send out your love letters into the void and wait for the silence. You’ll wait for the shoulder to chill, to freeze your cheek. You’ll hold onto your…
Brianne M. Kohl 