Fiction
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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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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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I see a blur of red bobbing in the horizon. I’m sitting, alone, in a life raft in the middle of the ocean. Supplies are dangerously low. How hard is it to catch a sea gull? Can you eat a sea gull? I’ve read people drink their own urine in survival situations. I haven’t peed…
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I have a new short story up at The Bohemyth! Alma Regards A Brutal Enemy was inspired by a photograph taken by Pearl Phelan. Special thanks to Pearl for offering the inspiration! Please take a moment to check them out and drop me a line if you liked them!
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I am really excited to announce that my short story Future Bohemic Boyfriend has been selected as part of The Bohemyth‘s Best Of, So Far issue. Please join me in congratulating editors Michael Naghten Shanks and Alice Walsh as they celebrate two years publishing The Bohemyth. They consistently publish top notch fiction, non-fiction, poetry and photography. I…
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My short story, Chasing The Cracks, has been nominated for a 2014 Pushcart Prize. This story was published in 94 Creations #6 in October. From 94 Creation’s website: “94 Creations nominates the works of four outstanding contributors for The Pushcart Prize, a prestigious American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best poetry, short fiction, and essays published…
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I am so proud to have a new short story, “Chasing The Cracks” published at 94 Creations Issue 6. This edition is available through amazon.com. http://goo.gl/MwRxPp According to their website, “94 Creations is a literary journal that publishes an eclectic assortment of outstanding fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, and art by both emerging and established writers and artists.”
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My newest short story, A River, Breaking is now available at The Masters Review: New Voices. Please take a moment to check it out! https://mastersreview.com/new-voices-brianne-kohl/ I am really proud of this story and had such a great experience working with the folks over at The Masters Review. Check out their blog for great writing advice…
Brianne M. Kohl 