after much contemplation, i guess the point of Fight Club was: "why work jobs you hate to buy a bunch of shit you don't need when you could punch your friends in the face for free"

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B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree! A desperate man searches for meaning in a remote Latin American village. A young girl spends a weekend with her movie star idol. An obscure cult targets a vulnerable widow. And more! 14 tales to excite your literary senses. amazon.com/Santa-Abella-O…

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happy pride month to the teen study bible

It costs you $0.00 to RT the work of a Black self-taught artist. Many of my watercolor pieces are painted using rain. I am based in South Carolina where I was born and raised

Right wing evangelicalism works like this: Sexual content you don’t like that happens outside the church = the end of society & widespread grooming Sexual abuse inside the church = a minor hiccup, there’s two sides to the story and definitely not indicative of a larger issue.

My story, "The Dirt Eater," has been longlisted for Fractured Lit's Legends, Myths, & Allegories Prize. fracturedlit.com/fractured-lit-…

Y'all see it, right? How he Capitalized Family?

Leading up to June 12th Annual Remembrance Ceremony, we will honor each of our 49 Angels every hour to mark seven years since the tragedy at Pulse nightclub. We will never forget. #WeWillNotLetHateWin

I’m just sayin 🤷🏾‍♂️

BJ Atwood-Fukuda has published in Tupelo Quarterly, American Letters & Commentary, The Mad Hatters' Review and elsewhere. B J is a founding member of Writing at the Crossroads, a group based in New York City. She lives and works in Spuyten Duyvil (Bronx), NY and Woods Hole, MA.

Darian Bianco currently works as an adjunct professor teaching English at Eastern Kentucky University. She holds an MFA from the Bluegrass Writers Studio, and she is enrolled in the 2022-2023 season of the Author’s Academy at the Carnegie Center, working with mentor Ashley Blooms

Gina Margolies is a technical writer. She wrote for a national consulting firm for twenty years. She currently writes freelance technical and non-fiction pieces, and recently published her debut fiction in the online publications Apple in the Dark and Danse Macabre.

"She had the kind of beauty that made men stupid." Thus begins "An Elegy for Esmeralda." Read it here: amazon.com/Eye-Beholder-K…

Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and

"I wept for Lydia. At home I cried aloud. When out, I shed silent internal tears. Her absence filled my thoughts and days. I wish I could say I loved her." Thus begins "Lydia." Read it here: amazon.com/Santa-Abella-O…

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Me trying to make small talk