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Genius in a Bottle
We publish stories, articles, and poetry that are edgy, even uncomfortable to read, that stimulate the heart, mind, and occasionally the colon.
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Theodore McDowell
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Genius in a Bottle
Dec 16, 2023
POETRY
The First Year of My Brain Injury
Who belongs to the faces that stare at me?
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Kylie Craft
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Genius in a Bottle
Sep 28, 2022
Poetry/Spirituality
An Untethered Soul
Poetry for the dark times
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Nicole Barden
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Genius in a Bottle
Feb 11, 2022
Sleep
A wanting of simpler times
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Elizabeth Emerald
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Genius in a Bottle
Jan 20, 2022
Living up to Expectations
Life sentence, per doctor’s decree
Part I — Reminiscence
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205
5 responses
Moyosore Quadri
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Genius in a Bottle
Sep 17, 2021
Of Worthy Hides
spend as much time inside your head as you do on the outside
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Theodore McDowell
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Genius in a Bottle
Jul 23, 2021
Artesian Spring
Memories streaming out
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331
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Sean F Corbin
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Genius in a Bottle
Jun 27, 2021
Depressive Thoughts
A Man, In What Might Have Been His Final Moment
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312
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Russ W
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Genius in a Bottle
Jun 8, 2021
Melancholy
Words to be alone with
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227
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Lyndsey Frondarina
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Jan 15, 2021
Top 10 Things to Stop Saying to People With Depression
Even if you’re trying to help
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511
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Tracy Busby
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Genius in a Bottle
Jan 8, 2021
What Isolation Can Do to a Person
Or what it can do to me
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