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Karoshi: A Satirical Memo
On behalf of myself, the ad. team, and my fellow worker bees, I’d like to inform the powers that be of the individual and institutional mismanagement, maleficence, and malapropism of Sand Star employees that has not only contributed to America’s middle class dystopia, but has no doubt also increased liquor sales and opioid abuse in Central Pennsylvania.
Keep readingI Can’t Bring Myself to Birth You Yet
My mother raised me to do / be / experience more than her, so I trek life the long way round, ease into things, cross my T’s and dot my I’s, say please and thank you and apologize – own my shit. Where her wings were built of distressed leather and aluminum, she built mine from steel; knew life would temper me, the way it tempers us all, the way it will temper you.
Keep readingFrom Home – Coalesce Community Autumnal Equinox 2022 Collection
My husband and I decide we can’t afford kids in this economy and buy a new couch to make our home-office-gym-bar-restaurant-prison more comfortable.
Keep readingWhy I Turned Down a Publishing House
The road to publishing is full of disappointment, but every now and then, you get to be on the opposite side of a rejection letter. Trust me, it feels good.
Keep readingLiterary Success Isn’t a Pie: Supporting Your Fellow Writers
Writing is a solitary sport, and no writer will tell you differently. That doesn’t mean we step on others to achieve our goals or that there aren’t plenty of opportunities to go around the community.
Keep readingWriting for a Living: The Cold Reality of an 8 to 5
Dr. Michael W. Cox, my undergraduate mentor, a brilliant author…
Keep readingAn Introduction in Five Titles
In school, we announce our name, our favorite subject, and…
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