Category: Clara Pistol

• The View from Down at the Bottom of the Hill

  May 4, 2026

  

  I’m standing at the bottom of a hill and, for the first time in my life, it feels insurmountable. Standing there, I feel like vomiting, and I’m shaking, and my body feels heavy. For the first time, I feel my fingers go numb, as I try to move them, as I count the seconds that…

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• Never Have I Ever; Or A Letter to My Childhood Bedroom

  February 28, 2026

  

  I’ve never had sex in my childhood bedroom. Never came back to it drunk, never felt like throwing up while sitting on the bed early in the morning. I never switched out my old plushies with new ones bought by new friends and new boyfriends. My window was never cracked open for people to smoke…

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