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I only look stronger than I look.
Granada, Spain
Joined October 2015
I've known this girl since we were 11. Had a crush on her since we reconnected at 20. Now, 27, she has told me within the last few days that she has been IN LoVE with me for years now. Haven't seen her since this came to light but I'm seeing her tonight... wish us luck??
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The girl tells her dad sheās not a she/her ā sheās a they/them. The dad says he love her ā sorry, them ā no matter what. A few years later, he pays for their surgery. When he wakes up, he says he wants to go to McDonaldās, and get that boy toy she never got
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Y'all: We owe EVERYTHING to all of our wonderful contributors. Itās never easy to select nominees, but we felt the following pieces really highlighted our focus and drive here at CP. We hope you'll congratulate them with us today! (thread)
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Been a goooood week for writing & awardsāpssst! CP award noms coming Monday!!ā& we feel blessed to have pub'd these two magnificent works (ICYMI) "The Dogs of Spain" by @yasisalek
https://t.co/8M67XBI84e "If You Give a Bear a Croissant" by @IAmBenKinney
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Worst-case scenario: he attacks. Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā But maybe he watches you gingerly set the pastry down. If he eats the croissant, he does it in one conclusive snarf. Thereās a good chance he just eyes...
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Orgiva is a beautiful village outside Granada. Lots of expats live there. I like their FB group because of posts like this one:
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āāHeās blessing his food,ā my father says as Brendan walks around our kitchen island. He touches things softly, his finger like moonlight settling on the rim of a cup.ā Two brilliant shorties.
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Ate popcorn and ice cream for lunch today not because Iām an adult who can do whatever she wants, but rather because Iām an adult who is frustrated
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I felt @yasisalek had written this magnificent piece just for me
"He says I seem like a joyous person. I nod again because that sounds like a nice kind of person to be." "The Dogs of Spain" by @yasisalek
https://t.co/8M67XBI84e
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Mini-Interview with @neonpajamas "I suppose the divider between prose poetry and microfiction and flash within my writing is less like caution tape and more like a fishing line dropped in a swampy bathtub." https://t.co/lKlonfZBcz
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Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I write flash once the poem begins to grow arms and legs. Almost all of my first drafts are done in lined stanzas, and if I feel like thereāā¦
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āØUPDATED list of venues for your flash nonfiction | prose poetry | micro truths:
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Showed this video of Aya to a friend, and she said: We should all treat our reflections like that
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Sunlight and raindrops create rainbows together, which is nature's way of telling us that optimists and pessimists are a perfect match
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"What you remember about that night. Spooning soup into his mouth. The heat of his forehead under your hand as you smoothed back his hair. The tenderness of your lovemaking, despite his betrayal. How dim the room was." Damn, @doylejacq in @Little_Fiction: https://t.co/Itj7m2E4Xw
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I'm really honored to have this (very) short story in @cutbankonlineāand I'd be even more honored to have you read it.
Jad Josey fills a moment of stillness with a lifetime of tension and pain in "As Through a Sieve", this week's flash prose.
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So thankful to @Little_Fiction for taking a chance on one of my most tender little things ā about my father & functional heart murmurs & forbidden love ā & by far my most revised piece:
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Sometimes I forget I'm one person, and I put the kettle on, take out the trash, hang out the washing, feed the dog, and when I sit on the couch I'm genuinely surprised my tea isn't there
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My CNF piece about my postpartum struggles is up at @Little_Fiction! This was extremely difficult to write, and itās even harder to share, but I think itās important to talk about what can happen after birth:
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