Work Accepted, New Work Out
In writing news I’ve had a micro piece accepted. A Study in Grief was taken by Wild Willow Magazine (where the word takes root), formally The Minison Project. It is considered a fledgling publication by Duotrope, the portal I mostly use to submit and discover publications and calls for submissions. Grief. It something I’ve been feeling a lot these days—like whenever I open the news or social feed on my phone. It settles on me like humidity before a storm. I’d like to come inside and hide from it, not come back out until after its gone. Except there is always more. I’d had a few friends who have gone through things lately like losing loved ones: partners, parents, etc. As have I. So I listed them, wrote them down with a bit of annotation. There were also things I observed, such as on a run Christmas lights left up year-round—what’s up with that? So I surmised. Like anything labeled or titled a study, it is a series. The sketches might all appear the same, but there are tiny differ...