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Puppeteering by Jackson Mattocks
Non-Fiction

Puppeteering by Jackson Mattocks

June 13, 2025June 12, 20250

“A few months into my master’s program, each day had become just another attempt at acting human.” – excerpt from Puppeteering, non-fiction by Jackson Mattocks #TheMetaworker

“Remember Miss Dorothy” by Christopher Matthew Thomas
Fiction

“Remember Miss Dorothy” by Christopher Matthew Thomas

November 15, 2021November 14, 20211

“Is that Dorothy?” Elaine asked as we turned up the driveway. An old woman stood next to the mailbox. Her white legs with blue veins …

“Field Trip” by John Grey
Poetry

“Field Trip” by John Grey

November 9, 20200

You wake up on the fourth floor to the garbled coo of some window-shopping pigeons, dress quickly, pick at breakfast, clamber down the dark stairwell …

“So Dark, Up Above” by Emily Ruth Taylor
Fiction

“So Dark, Up Above” by Emily Ruth Taylor

December 23, 2019March 23, 20240

Sure, no one ever said that people were getting their powers from the rain. Tommy guessed it had something to do with all those big …

“Presence” by Matt Dennison
Poetry

“Presence” by Matt Dennison

October 28, 2019September 3, 20200

The summer after my first year of college the KKK had a presence on Main Street in my hometown for a few hours.  Don’t know …

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