Silver linings and second chances — Part One— Part Two to follow in April Glittering water stretched north to meet the pale blue sky, and the largest of Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands broke the horizon. “It’s beautiful,” Reese said, tearing her eyes from the shimmering sight to glance at Henry. He smiled, then looked back at the…

*Trigger warning: murder, abuse, domestic violence* Your friend stands next to you and touches the electric fence to see if it’s on. To get shocked. Her hand jerks back and the fence makes a buzzing noise. She laughs but admits it’s painful as she rubs her fingers together. I’ll try…

Silver linings and second chances — Part Two (to read Part One, click here) Henry’s head snapped up and out of his thoughts, his eyes an impossibly pale green beneath the bright sun, his eyebrows drawn in concern. “What?” Reese jumped up from her spot on the ground and dusted off her jeans. “Let’s rent a…

On spring and second chances — It’s officially spring, and things are coming back to life in the northern hemisphere. Snow is melting, grass is growing (way too fast for some of us to keep up with mowing it), and previously brittle, brown branches are breaking out in blossoms. I never get tired of watching the…

February is a tricky month: grey, dark, short — and then there’s Valentine’s Day. — It took me a while to get on board with Valentine’s Day. I mean, look, we all know it’s a made-up holiday whose sole intent is to sell shit, right? But it persists, and once I learned to adjust my perspective I got kinda into it. As a teen, I…

Music Appreciation was the last class I’d expected to find myself taking in college, but Gabriella insisted. “Music appreciation is an easy A liberal arts credit. It’ll get you out of your comfort zone.” What my roommate had failed to consider, however, was that while I may have grown up…

We still exist and we’ll be back soon! Look, did we get burned by 2021 after hoping it’d be better than 2020? Yes, absolutely. But does hope spring eternal in the Moments Between family? Of course it does! On which note, this is your reminder that we do still exist…

The myth(?) of the summer slowdown and an announcement — Well, that happened. This is entirely my (Anne’s) fault — life got hectic on various fronts, and we didn’t solicit enough submissions, and I forgot to put writing this newsletter on my TeuxDeux app (and if it’s not on the TeuxDeux, it’s not getting duxn) and before we realized what…

from — tangled nerves in Her body dripping sweat under uncaged breasts the promise of undiscovered whim plucked from a preteen crush a potluck picnic for two dogs feverishly humping in the grass melon juice trickles down Her chin wish he’d clean it with his tongue remember whens and back…