August 2025
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Goodbye to Gareth: a short story about a man and his orange cat (part one)
He was content with his quiet life and his cat. Until one day, his cat died… Continue reading
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Not a Cat
The cat clawed at the door. But there was no door, and the cat was not a cat, only a memory of a sweet cat that once was. Continue reading
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Books I’ve Been Reading: The Crimson Princess by Zoey Voss
I don’t have any fictional or memoir vignettes to share with you today. Instead, I will tell you a little about what I’ve been reading. I rejoined NetGalley to see how the platform works these days (I used to participate around 10-12 years ago or so), and the first book I’ve agreed to read and Continue reading
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Life Is for the Living: healing from grief & the fear of forgetting
A personal journal entry in which I grapple with guilt over the healing process from grieving my sister’s death, and my fear that moving on means forgetting. Continue reading
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Gas Station Coke: Damian’s Dilemma (a fictional vignette)
Under the flickering light of a gas station bathroom, Damian stares at himself in the mirror and grapples with a dilemma: Is he about to betray or save his friends? Continue reading
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Finite in the Desert: a vignette about stargazing in isolation
Stranded in the desert on a fine night, a man escaping grief looks up at the stars and feels ever-small and ever-finite. Continue reading
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