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Self-Published at Sixteen: An Interview with Erik Elsie
Read more: Self-Published at Sixteen: An Interview with Erik ElsieLogging on to Zoom tends to always feel tiring these days, but when Erik Elsie’s face popped up for our virtual interview, my energy immediately returned. Bright-eyed and excited, Erik enthusiastically greeted me through the screen, betraying just a hint of nervousness. Her short-cropped hair and no less than three nose rings clearly situated her…
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Who Says You Have to Be Beautiful?
Read more: Who Says You Have to Be Beautiful?Trigger warning: body image, eating disorders I would definitely not be the first to say I’ve struggled with my body image — you might think “who hasn’t?”, and that’s exactly the problem. So many of us are made to feel like we aren’t beautiful enough or simply like we aren’t enough, and that’s a real…
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Whose Body Is This?
Read more: Whose Body Is This?Clutching the steering wheel of my mother’s car, my hands suddenly catch my attention, as if a ray of sun suddenly shone on the muddy backwaters of my mind and exposed the millions of microscopic particles floating in the constant stream of experience. The knuckles poking out like the rounded tops of an ancient mountain…
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Flash Fiction Competition 2021
Read more: Flash Fiction Competition 2021“Let me give you some advice, killer to killer.” With this prompt, Writer’s Block is thrilled to announce the annual flash fiction competition! For a chance to be published in our next issue, send us your creation including the prompt – but remember, no later than May 1st at midnight (Central European time). Anxiously anticipating…
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Modern Day Medusas
Read more: Modern Day Medusas“Flee, for if your eyes are petrified in amazement, she will turn you to stone.” – Gaspare Murtola The face of Medusa, surrounded by a halo of venomous snakes–with eyes that turn those who gaze upon her into stone– is a recognizable figure we can all call to mind. We have seen it in forms…




