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October 25, 2025

Alphabetical Diaries

Alphabetical Diaries, Sheila Heti, 2024 (Posted here is a shorter than normal review from my Goodreads because I want to use the space to…

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September 29, 2024

Nostalgia [A Gift From the Devil]

I had somehow forgotten that the world was larger than just us. Story (very) loosely inspired by this quote from If He Had Been…

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May 23, 2024

Little People

Sure enough, her dolls were still there, some slumped and others standing tall. Inspired by this quote from The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, 2015. The…

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May 19, 2024

Elven Dance

Table after table of food had been lined up along the far edge of the plateau, and I lost Tamlin while I waited in…

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