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R. K. Duncan

One Black Feather

Published Mar 13, 2021 · 939 words (4 minutes) · 168 views

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A couple deals with depression manifested as heavy black wings.

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Jenny Rae Rappaport

Doors

Published Apr 29, 2020 · 1,114 words (5 minutes) · 7 likes · 856 views

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Deep inside your psyche, four doors stand before you, each a reminder of a lifetime of pain and regret (even the door to the Unicorn Kingdom). Can you find a way to open a new door? 

Author Jenny Rae Rappaport has taken turns as a literary agent, marine sciences field guide, and intern at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Her work has appeared in Lightspeed, Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, and more.

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Jordan Kurella

Helen of Sorrows

Published Aug 10, 2019 · 3,877 words (15 minutes) · 510 views

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Helen is a psychiatrist, grieving the loss of her husband. But when she finds his skeleton in a sinkhole in her back yard, the grief becomes complicated, and things that once made sense, stop making sense entirely.