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Tag: marriage

Fugal Variations of a Marital Theme by Utkarsh Adhrit
Fiction

Fugal Variations of a Marital Theme by Utkarsh Adhrit

December 16, 2024December 16, 20240

“I raise the cup to her and grittily, proudly, intelligently say: ‘this right here is the metaphor for our marriage’.” – excerpt from Fugal Variations of a Marital Theme by Utkarsh Adhrit #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

Microfiction by Ken Poyner
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Ken Poyner

July 12, 2024July 7, 20240

Microfiction by Ken Poyner #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

Microfiction by Kathryn Gossow
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Kathryn Gossow

January 15, 2024January 22, 20240

Microfiction by Kathryn Gossow #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“A Village” by Ken Poyner
Fiction / Micro

“A Village” by Ken Poyner

July 24, 2023August 7, 20230

“Good news greets Quibble’s return: his wife has conceived.”
#TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Emma Marries for the First Time at 54” by John Grey
Poetry

“Emma Marries for the First Time at 54” by John Grey

February 13, 2023February 13, 20230

It’s part dream, part afterthought. All those years, Cupid’s arrows  landed wide of the mark,  struck her friends instead. And now, at last, one thumps …

“Alligators to Ashes” by Margaret S Mandell
Non-Fiction

“Alligators to Ashes” by Margaret S Mandell

June 6, 2022April 30, 20234

Prologue to a Memoir Based on Love Letters to my Dead Husband By Margaret S. Mandell Sunday, December 10, 2017  My Dearest Love: October 2015. …

“Eyelash Extensions” by Clive Aaron Gill
Fiction / Micro

“Eyelash Extensions” by Clive Aaron Gill

March 11, 2022March 20, 20230

Brittani, the unmarried maid of honor at her younger sister’s wedding in a small village church, spent years in graduate school. It infuriated her that …

“An Account of Our Precipice” by Jason McGlone
Poetry

“An Account of Our Precipice” by Jason McGlone

April 5, 2021June 30, 20211

We three stare at each otherit’s Reservoir Dogs: BurgeoningDomestic Dispute Edition Our mouths trained guns,words chambered, Hello translates directly to Say something stupid, BrianAnother Hello …

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