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Come out and hear me read an excerpt from my story Candy, Lies, & Larceny about being a bad little roach whom my mother (mercifully) did not stomp out for being such a pain in her ass. Writers Naré Navasardyan and Rachael Clifford will be representing as well! Hope to see you there. What: Hey You, Come Back!, a …
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nowme takes the pics & i write the stories Tonight would be the harvest moon, freedom soon come. Simone would climb the narrow flight of stairs to her roof for access to a wide swath of uninterrupted Brooklyn sky. That was the only way to be sure it was time. A week ago, on an abandoned …
nowme takes the pics & i write the stories The new owners wanted to chop her down. Their conversations about her drifted through the screened windows. She didn’t look like much but she knew her worth. Her roots reached deep into the earth and she shaded the second floor. The Clayton’s, an older couple who had …
nowme takes the pics & i write the stories At the tip-top of the narrowest building on the narrowest island surrounded by an infinite sea, Serefina leaned on the windowsill in her room. The sun—in its last brilliant flush before dusk—bathed the room in a warm yellow light. Below, a ship docked in the distance. She …
Photo by nowme. She posts the pics (NYC windows) and I write the stories (female lead, 100 words or less). Selena rounded the corner. The warm yellow of the living room lamp meant Mom was home. She quickened her pace, the light like a beacon in the early evening dusk. I wish I could pack …
Photo by nowme. She posts the pics (NYC windows) and I write the stories (female lead, 100 words or less). The first time Tawanda’s mother shared her when I’m gone instructions, she rejected the information. “Come on Mom, I’m not tryna talk about that,” said Tawanda. “Don’t matter, you need to know,” replied her mother, “Your …
Photo by nowme. She posts the pics (NYC windows) and I write the stories (female lead, 100 words or less). Tonya didn’t have a choice the first time Royce kissed her. She was sitting by his girlfriend Monique—everyone called her Nique—in the midst of a game of Spin the Bottle. The empty bottle pointed to her. …
My homegirl nowme has been working on a 365 day photo challenge. Her muse has been NYC windows. She suggested we collaborate: she posts the pics and I write the stories. My rules for the micro stories: female lead, 100 words or less She flung open the black iron shutters. “It’s real,” she said, kneeling on the windowsill. …
My homegirl Naomi aka nowme has been working on a 365 day photo challenge. Her muse has been NYC windows. Every day she posts a new image of a window on Instagram. Two weeks ago she posted this picture of a baroque-looking building with a window that seemed to capture the sky. It was stunning and I told …
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Besides the Challenger—the space shuttle that blew up in 1986 as my 6th grade class watched in horror—September 11th as been the next most devastating—I remember where I was and what I was doing—days I've witnessed in my lifetime. There are plenty of horrors in this world, many we can see unfurling in news clip after news clip, …
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