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Tag: overcoming obstacles

Prose/Short Stories/Website Features

“Rosa, Elena, and Pequena” By: Bev Jafek

I was born in a women’s prison, and both my mother and grandmother were imprisoned for political agitation against the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. My...

Flash Fiction/Prose/Website Features

“Chrysalis Skin” By: Megan Wood

I tug at my dress as I swing my right leg out of the car, quickly followed by my left. I stand up and caterpillars are crawling beneath my skin as I connect eye...

Flash Fiction/Prose/Website Features

“You Want to Swim” By: Kay Holten

You want to swim. Earlier in the day, you forced your legs to carry you five miles into the woods. Your poor feet throb and ache, and the blister that started o...

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