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Tag: nostalgia

suburban suicides by Arushi Aera Rege
Fiction

suburban suicides by Arushi Aera Rege

July 21, 2025July 21, 20250

“It is sometime just before we’re meant to go out to party and kiss ourselves drunk on futures.” – excerpt from Suburban Suicides, flash fiction by Arushi Rege #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

7th Grade Sleepover by Caitlin O’Halloran
Poetry

7th Grade Sleepover by Caitlin O’Halloran

November 25, 2024November 25, 20240

7th Grade Sleepover, a poem by Caitlin O’Halloran @selfcaremaven #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“How to Unflap a Flapper” by Leslie Cairns
Fiction

“How to Unflap a Flapper” by Leslie Cairns

March 27, 2023March 26, 20230

Step 1: Take your shorn hair, barrette the sides with glimmer, the way you want to be a mermaid, tails extended, breaking hearts with the …

“Ctrl+Z” by Deborah-Zenha Adams
Poetry

“Ctrl+Z” by Deborah-Zenha Adams

September 23, 2022September 25, 20220

(+_+)? A decade lost your last message sprang back to life today :O unwittingly resuscitated by a software upgrade. : – ) Happy Thursday! Such a great….xD …laughed so …

The Metaworker Podcast | 005 Kurt by Veronicca Lupinacci
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 005 Kurt by Veronicca Lupinacci

July 28, 2021March 6, 20241

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, Elena, and Melissa talk to Veronica Lupinacci about her wonderful poem, Kurt. We talk about nonfiction, how we remember people, and the …

“The God of Good Things” by Snata Bose
Non-Fiction

“The God of Good Things” by Snata Bose

September 3, 2018August 29, 20200

The rain cut me a river wide enough to savour my numbered gardens— each with their own cloud. And in each I bred a different …

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