Publication: Flash Frog
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In the Slipstream by Sarah Lynn Hurd
This is a nostalgic story about perfect moments, and how it’s often impossible to see them until they’re long over. It’s short, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot since I finished it. It was the summer after college and we were in love—all six of us—with ourselves, with each other, with the expanse…
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1612 W. Washington
A ghost story with beautiful turns of phrase, like this one: “At first, we’re haunted softly, like a pink sky overtaken by the creeping evening.”
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Uniform
Teenagers and tragedy. This one didn’t hit hard at first, but hours later I was thinking about it. It’s great.
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In a voice too low to wake anybody
A family member spiraling into depression and despondence, neglecting himself and his dogs. She again uses the second person as the point of view, and again things don’t unfold the way you expect. This one has a grim undertone of mental illness and loss, and the last paragraph, and the way the narrator’s voice evolves…