To Burn Like Late Summer Fire

👻 (K)it Kat (B)andit 👻@kbcarle·

“We are not curves or lines, or boxes, or pie charts. Our life isn’t an X-axis.

We were data then, someone will say, and their grandchild will pat their arm, roll their eyes, and say, Oh yes grandma, we know. We know.”

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Barren Magazine @BarrenMagazine·

He’s a changed man. He had always been such a strong person, always in charge, and very positive. Now, he gets anxious if she goes outside. He wants her near.

Creative nonfiction by ️@williamwoolfitt

Photograph by @KomarHanna

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Lucy Zhang @Dango_Ramen·

"You can’t help but think of winter in the hard ground and the baby down there, cold seeping in everywhere."

There's so much sorrow & regret & beauty & eeriness in this piece. It's going to stay with me for a while.

@chelsea_l_w in @BarrenMagazine

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KRW @MisterKRW·

All I can say about this @chelsea_l_w story is DAMN.

Read "The Baby down There" https://barrenmagazine.com/the-baby-down-there/ via @BarrenMagazine

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"I like to describe what stinky tofu smells like to anyone who’s never smelled it. Skunks. Rotten eggs. Dog’s breath. Stinky enough that people can’t tell if they’re eating it or it’s eating them." -@KShaoling

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