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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 week, 5 days 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 4 weeks, 1 day 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 1 month 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 1 month, 1 week 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 1 month, 3 weeks 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 2 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 3 weeks 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 2 months, 4 weeks 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 3 months 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 3 months, 3 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 3 months, 3 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 4 months ago
A Matter Of Time by Janis Jaquith
Fiction is the lie that tells the truth. The truth is that there was a fire, six people died, and it was intentionally set. The spirit of Lisa […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Last Words by Caroline Malone
I should have turned on the porch light, but the bulb is dead, I said, I had to leave her alone in the bathroom so I could stand outside and watch for […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 4 months, 3 weeks ago
2024 Flash Fiction Contest by Erika Raskin
Once again, we had the opportunity to read a (virtual) stack of flash fiction pieces that have enlarged our worlds—and we are grateful. As us […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months ago
Tips For Aging Women by Christine McDowell Tucker
Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that you’re considering getting old. We don’t recommend this course of action, of course, because the risks […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months ago
Downstairs by Gary Duehr
What’s happening to me? Downstairs I can hear my wife Ann with our two-year-old Isabella, their sounds bubbling up from the kitchen. The […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Writing For A Generation by Joel F. Johnson
We write for a target audience. Readers differ in their demographics as well as their literary tastes. When my novel, Never, was published, I began […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Writing Through Autocracy by Karol Lagodzki
The one and only time I put a knife in my pocket heading out to church was on Sunday, December 13, 1981. My mother, a single parent, was […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 5 months, 3 weeks ago
A Stone by Debbie Bennett
It was a flat grey stone, the kind you found in tourist shops, with pre-set words. What a strange gift from Andrea, I’d thought, and plunked it into m […]
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