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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 3 weeks ago
Talk To Strangers by Bree Luck
Two years ago, in the pocket of time between Thanksgiving and the onslaught of holiday chaos, I spent a week with my grandmother, Mimi, at her home on […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Mulioo Tebe by Clare Rolens
In June of 2007, I watched the movie Once with you. We’d rented the DVD from Blockbuster, the way people did then. We were twenty-one, so dinner m […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 4 weeks ago
Don't Arrive Before You Get There by Deborah M. Prum
My writing mantra used to be, Fine is good enough. I made sure whatever I sent out was the best it could be. However, I worked fulltime and was the […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Spirit Room by Claire Massey
The spirit room is cold, not morgue-cold but goosebump chilly from October on. Maddie zips her hoodie and pulls the under-desk heater dangerously […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 months, 1 week ago
The Art of the Dealer by Eric Lande
After lunch, Donald’s art dealer, Regina Slabokoff, entered his office in a state of agitated grace. Donald’s office had a style—a Mojo s […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Hard Water by S. E. Wilson
The appointment was made for five-thirty so my wife Polly and I could both be there. She worked in an office in town and I was working from h […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Lily is Safe by Elisa Wood
Coming down from the redwood forest, where majestic trees defy rusted Coke signs and dead gas stations, we drive, curve after curve, in daylight […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months ago
Ground Zero by Lynn Bushell
9 a.m. ‘M’ comes out of his flat. I see his head first, coming up the basement steps. He needs a haircut. And he’s wearing the same shirt he had […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Fragments From Returning to the Suburban Neighborhood of My Youth by Sharon Gelman
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash. I. a. This morning, I saw a creature standing in the road. The size of a small dog with rust-colored fur. […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 6 months ago
Krenshaw and the Tale of Memphis by Karys Rhea
The fear of losing you torments me. Krenshaw’s roommate, Annie Alessandra, was dating Tommy Stalwart. Krenshaw had introduced them a few months ba […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 6 months, 1 week ago
Don’t Let Anyone Break Your Creative Heart by Deborah M. Prum
My vocation is writing, but my avocation is painting, mostly portraits. I belong to a Facebook group dedicated to showing the work of artists who are […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The New House by Dawn Abeita
It rained the day before so burying the cat wasn’t as hard as she thought it would be. She found a shovel in the shed, and wrapped her pet in an old t […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 7 months ago
New Cut Hay by Lawrence F. Farrar
Immigration Service Camp, Kenedy, Texas – May 1944 Nearly two years had passed since a Peruvian policeman pointed a pistol at him and declared T […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Fountains by Amy Foster Myer
They were back at the fountain as she had promised, Nicky’s sweet round belly against the marble ledge as he tried to reach for the p […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 8 months ago
Scumbling by Thomas Mampalam
Beginning a painting was the hardest part. Each time, there was an anxious confrontation with the blank white canvas as he stood before the […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 8 months ago
The Art Of Unconventional Wit — With An AI Assist by Erika Raskin
Photo by Yucel Moran on Unsplash . My website recently asked if I’d like some assistance composing a blog post. As I’m hopelessly […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 8 months, 1 week ago
Fast Art by Kate Bennis
As writers, artists, creators, we can sometimes lose sight of our purpose in the struggle to generate our work. Our culture, certainly, adds to the […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Midnight by Cyndy Muscatel
Cyndy Muscatel is the 1st place winner of Streetlight’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest Dressed only in her pajamas and Ugg slippers, Rebecca […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Holidays by Dominik Slusarczyk
Dominik Slusarczyk is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest We stay up all night drinking. When we eventually […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 9 months ago
5 Writing Pitfalls To Avoid by Erika Raskin
1. Losing The Plot Think of being unable to tell someone what your work-in-progress is about as a seriously suspicious mole; a flashing warning […]
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