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I’ve Got Fireflies

I have known fireflies before, though they were never as close as they are to me now. As a child, we would pack into the car and drive from Los Angeles to Illinois every other summer, where my family owned a campground. At night the trees would flicker with tiny green lights. I loved watching...More Please

Short Story: My Obituary

Mortimer Watson saw his own name in an obituary. That was the beginning. It happened on a Monday afternoon, one of those gray, dead air days that felt neither like winter nor spring. Just an in between. He was in bed, nestled into the well worn dip his body had carved into the mattress, playing...More Please

Do you have a Brain that Wears Glasses?

Earth on Fire
Over the last few years, I’ve personally struggled with being too aware of my surroundings. Whether it’s too much social media, too much news, or just watching the world seemingly fall apart, I’ve felt the weight of seeing things that others don’t seem to notice. What’s most frustrating is watching people around me remain unbothered...More Please

Welcome to Oklahoma, Hunker Down

Growing up in California, I thought I had natural disasters figured out. Earthquakes? No problem. Fires? Annoying, sure, but manageable. As a kid in L.A., earthquakes were like impromptu recess drills. The ground would shake, and we’d run outside, laughing, pretending we were part of some action movie. Fires? Well, one of those did burn...More Please
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