Publishing
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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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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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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…
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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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Get 35% off Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV featuring my short story Quicksilver by going here: Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV and using this coupon code: KOHL-FRIENDS. If you do, we really will be friends. And, you can never have enough friends, am I right? Offer ends on January 31, 2014. *** I…
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The (ahem) highly anticipated Crack The Spine Fall 2013 Anthology is now available at amazon.com! Official Release: http://www.crackthespine.com/2013/11/fall-2013-anthology.html My Pushcart Prize-nominated story Burn, Baby, Burn is featured in the depths of some pretty outstanding literary fiction – all compiled into one fantastic anthology. I’m honored to be amongst them. If you are looking for a Christmas…
Brianne M. Kohl 