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THE BOX OF TORRONE
Dique Dominican
A BROKEN WINDOW
A LONG WAY FROM ANYWHERE: LIVING OFF-GRID IN THE AMERICAN WEST
INTERCEDE: SAINTS FOR CONCERNING OCCASIONS
DAD STORIES
DAUGHTER DAYS
EXQUISITE CORPSE
GATHERING THE PIECES OF DAYS
MOTHER!
MOTHER VIPER
SWEET CONSTANCE
UNDER THE RADAR
UNDER THE TENTED SKIN
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE AND OTHER STORIES
DEPTH CONTROL
MOUTH
THE RIVER PEOPLE
NO ONE'S LEAVING
GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK : AN ARTIST’S WAY HOME
EKPHRASIS AS DIVINATION: AN INCANTATION CATALOGUE
RADIANT WOUND
CAN I HAVE A HUG FIRST?
GHOST MATINEE
THE IMPOSSIBLE PHYSICS OF THE HUMMINGBIRD
DEAR BARRY MANILOW: MEMORIES OF A PREP SCHOOL LOSER
PARDON ME FOR MOONWALKING
PIECEWORK: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF PLACE
YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE
THE BODY REMEMBERS
STOLEN: LOVE AND LOSS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
COLLECTED NOVELLAS
RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP
BODY MEMORY
HOPE
THIRSTY CREEK
A HISTORY OF HANDTHROWN WALLS
GERI O SHIMASU: ADVENTURES OF A BAKA GAIJIN
THAT VERY PLACE
NO PLACE LIKE
LET EVENING COME
IF THE SKY WON'T HAVE ME
DON'T PITY THE DESPERATE
THE MEMORY HOUSE
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO MINOR GODS AND OTHER SMALL SPIRITS
DIARY OF A FALSE ASSASSIN
LYING DOWN WITH DOGS
THE RUNESTONE'S PROMISE
TRUE STORIES
HOW TO MONETIZE DESPAIR
KISS & RELEASE
IN WELLS' TIME
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT: A MEMOIR IN POETRY AND PROSE
DEVIL ON MY TRAIL
WE ARE ALL GOD'S POEMS
THE BUGS
THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD
LINES
VESSELS
THE PAPER BOY & THE WINTER WAR
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S CRAZY TO HEAR THE BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF NONEXISTENT BIRDS
NORMAN’S COUSIN & OTHER WRITINGS
WHAT IS FOUND, WHAT IS LOST
I'M JAYME
SHOTGUN WOMAN
ALL POINTS OF LIGHT CONVERGE
NOCTURNE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
PEN & PULSE: ESSAYS ON WRITING, CRAFT, AND THE WRITER'S JOURNEY
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
THE LAST ESSENE
REST UPON THE FLOOD
THE VIEW FROM THE CURB
WHY TREES STAY OUTSIDE
THE INVISIBLE WORLD
OWL
OUR LOVE COULD LIGHT THE WORLD
PASSPORT TO PERDITA
VENTRIC[L]E
WINDOW EYES
WATER SIGNS
TRANSIT
THE SEQUENCE DANCE
HUNTING GEESE
THE MORE YOU HATE ME
THE HEDGEROW
BACKBEAT OCEAN
THE BRIDGE ON BEER RIVER
LIKE THIS
SHE ASKED ME WHERE
THE TRUTH ABOUT UNRINGING PHONES: ESSAYS ON YEARNING
HOW TO DO THE GREASED WOMBAT SLIDE
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO B.
UNASHAMED OBSERVATIONS
UNSETTLED
SKULL KINGDOMS: AN IMAGINARY OMNIBUS
THIS KIND OF MAN
THE BROOM TREE
THE BOOK OF LEAVENING
MISTLETOE MAGIC
POOL PARTIES
A SUMMER MORNING
THE BLUE PALM
A SYMMETRY OF HUSBANDS
HURRICANE TRINITY
IN THE BODIES
SONGS OF ARCHILOCHUS
CORMORANT
THE WOMEN
UNCOMFORTABLE ECOLOGIES
THE PRESENT IS PAST
EXISTENTIALISM AT THE WHEEL
TAKE THE LIVELY AIR
WHAT WILL OUTLAST ME?
NIGHT HAG
HOLD YOUR BREATH
MOTEL STORIES
THE BALLAD OF TWO SISTERS
THE PRUMONT METHOD
RELEASE ME
QUEEN ANNE COWBOY
WOMENSCAPE: SELECTED STORIES OF ECLECTIC WOMEN
TO DAUGHTER A DEVIL
BLACK WOOL CAPE
WHEN FIRE SPLITS THE SKY
SCAPEGOAT
I STILL GO TO BED WITH WATER
SHE WAS HORRID
SHEDDING
THE BUNKER BOOK
FRUITCAKE
LOST AND FOUND IN THE 60S
LETTING THE HOUSE GO
BECAUSE GOD LOVES THE WASP
Feedback Request + A Light Edit
Feedback Donation
Lifetime Submission Fee
THE YEAR OF THE MONSTER
HOW TO WRITE AN EMOTIONALLY RESONANT WEREWOLF NOVEL
THE LOWERCASE GOD
THE CRAIGSLIST INCIDENT
HOLLOW
LILY NARCISSUS
THE CRITERIA
I BOUGHT MY HUSBAND’S MISTRESS LINGERIE
AN OPEN DOOR
DARK ROUX
#THENEWCRUSADES
KISSING THE ROADKILL BACK TO LIFE
JOY
FIRST DRAFTS FROM THE BREWERY
TUESDAY MARRIAGE DEATH
ROOK
LIVING OF NATURAL CAUSES
KISSING THE WORLD GOODBYE
WALKS THROUGH MEMORIES OF OBLIVION
LINES IN OPPOSITION
NEON GALAX
THE LAND OF ALE AND GLOOM: DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
DREAM POP ORIGAMI: A PERMUTATIONAL MEMOIR ABOUT HAPA IDENTITY
JALUBÍ
THE GUIDE TO BEING A DICTATOR'S MISTRESS
WRITING ON THE WALLS AT NIGHT
LESS THAN WHAT YOU ONCE WERE
LET WIDOWS BE WIDOWS
METACARPALISM
LOVE AND GENETICS: A TRUE STORY OF ADOPTION, SURROGACY, AND THE MEANING OF FAMILY
PROTECTRESS
THE SOULS OF OTHERS
A CLOSET FEMINIST
21ST CENTURY AUTOIMMUNE BLUES
TURN KEY AND OTHER STORIES
DONA NOBIS PACEM
EVERYDAY, MONSTERS
SEPARATION ANXIETY
FORMS OF DEFIANCE
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
CRAWL SPACE AND OTHER STORIES OF LIMITED MANEUVERABILITY
LIGHT IN ROSADERO
ONLY FLYING
STUMBLING TOWARD GRACE
OF DAISIES AND DEAD VIOLINS
GATHERING BROKEN LIGHT
SALAD DAYS
FUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
THE MOON WON’T BE DARED
GATELESS MENAGERIE
TRANSITIONS
WHO'S GOING TO LOVE THE DYING GIRL?
PAPER BIRDS
PACIFIC
A WINTER NIGHT
A CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT OF THE SOUTHWEST
HOUSE OF THE SILVERFISH
WHILE THE KETTLE BOILS
THE TIN CAN HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES
WHAT IS SAID ABOUT ELEPHANTS
SWALLOWING THE STEM OF ADAM’S APPLE
KATHMANDU
MEANINGFULL: 23 LIFE-CHANGING STORIES OF CONQUERING DIETING, WEIGHT, & BODY IMAGE ISSUES

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