Microfiction

You, As Forest

Photo by Brandi Alexandra on Unsplash by Francine Witte When you come home late again, leaf-patched and pine-scented from the other woman you think I don’t know about, I forgive you. I don’t

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Wish

Photo by Josie Weiss on Unsplash by Francine Witte When my Mama says it’s a dollar-stretchin’ week, I force myself to say okay. Another week I can’t get the boots I want so

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Molting

Photo by Anton Ahlberg on Unsplash by Pamela Painter It is time to tell my husband that I am leaving him. Perched beside him on our sagging couch, I describe the molting of a

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Leaving Her

Photo by Nhu Tran: pexels.com by Pamela Painter You hear it, the damn car perhaps sensing it’s your getaway vehicle announces its plan to break down as the motor drops

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microfiction

A Poet, Maybe

Photo by Antoine J. on Unsplash by Katie Coleman Nineteen-year-old Olivia steals knowledge from sandstone libraries and sneers at engineering students wearing starched jeans with trainers so new they squeak. In her boyfriend’s

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