A Mother’s Heart
Some remember and others do not.
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Flossie Lewis
This Left Me Speechless
Death, meditation, positivity, grace, bliss, invisibility, and atrocity prompt introspection and deep emotions in the summer essay contest.
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Straight to the Heart
For reasons perhaps best not to contemplate, flash fiction—complete stories told (or telegraphed) in just a few lines—is one of the fastest growing literary genres today. For our bi-annual writing contest issue, we asked local writers for their takes on the rapid-fire form.
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