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Backstory: Sanctuary by K.D. Harryman

September 27, 2021

The poem “sanctuary” by German Dario Piedrahita Abdala was one of the first I read from the slush.

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Courtside Tickets for the Nightmare by Lauren Christiansen

September 27, 2021

I tweeted a while back that “parts of my life right now feel like I'm in the early stages of a comedy film, where everything is totally bleak but like if you were editing right, it would absolutely be humorous.” I'm chagrined that I can only make my current situation into a screenplay opening that goes nowhere.

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