- A Left Turn – Creative Nonfiction by Matt Howe
It really should be simple enough in theory: One applies the turn signal, thoroughly and dutifully looks both ways to ensure the way is clear, turns the wheel, presses the accelerator, and is merrily on their way. In theory, a left turn is as easy to make as the right; they are twins of a… Continue reading A Left Turn – Creative Nonfiction by Matt Howe - How to Paint Memories – Flash Fiction Co-Winner by Kasey James
Recently HCC held its Flash Fiction Contest using this prompt. Here’s a co-winner of the in-person version… How to Paint Memories – by Kasey James - 3 Molly – Flash Fiction Co-Winner by Caitlin BlaneyRecently HCC held its Flash Fiction Contest using this prompt. Here’s a co-winner of the in-person version… 3 Molly – by Caitlin Blaney 1 Molly went to the wall and started writing. It was okay if she didn’t write. She meant to write a bullet-point list of facts; things that she knew to be true. … Continue reading 3 Molly – Flash Fiction Co-Winner by Caitlin Blaney
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“Leave me flowers, leave me holly. Leave me honeysuckle and come and watch me cross over into the light.“
From “Flowers for Nobody” by Anthea Kaplan
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“Do this at night, when you have little reason to be out and the pressure of purpose climbs your limbs like ivy.“
From “7 Places to Go (When You’re Young and Broke” by Alina Antropova
Fall 2020
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“Acid rain falls hard / soaking the broken and Poor / with wrathful eyes“
From “Dancing with Dante” by Samary Ramos
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“I spin tales with heathens, and have charmed a concrete rose”
From “This is Not a Love Story” by Emily Tan
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“The vibrations were overwhelming, like a blue whale singing in my skull, and I lost myself in an ocean of nothing. My thoughts, my memories. I couldn’t call them mine.”
From “I Cleared my Mind” by Piper Smythe
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