Guest Stories

Spotlight #14

Poems, addiction, reaching a milestone and a sci-fi story

Caitlin McColl

Published in

Inkslinger Magazine

2 min readApr 3, 2022

Photo by Daniel van den Berg on Unsplash

Welcome to Guest Spotlight 14 where we have more pieces by regulars Denise Estey Lindquist and John Lewis!

Denise has a variety of pieces:

Do You Have Any Idea Of The Use For Poetry And Prose? — a mix of pieces of poetry and prose

More from the list: "📚 Series"

Curated by

Caitlin McColl

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Written by Caitlin McColl

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Inkslinger Magazine

I write about mental health, the future, grief & loss, mindfulness, general life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. 🇨🇦

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