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Stela & Brandy: An Excerpt from Tara Lynn Masih’s & James Claffey’s ‘The Bitter Kind’

Stela & Brandy: An Excerpt from Tara Lynn Masih’s & James Claffey’s ‘The Bitter Kind’

Fiction by Tara Lynn Masih & James Claffey
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Alternating Current Press
The Collector: Margo Orlando Littell’s Gallery of Strangers

The Collector: Margo Orlando Littell’s Gallery of Strangers

Author Margo Orlando Littell takes us on a tour of her haunted and creepy portraits of strangers from yard sales.
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Alternating Current Press
Slipping In & Out of Landscapes: An Interview with Billy Kahora

Slipping In & Out of Landscapes: An Interview with Billy Kahora

Penelope Cartwright talks with author Billy Kahora about his writing methods, Kenyan culture, & his new book ‘The Cape Cod Bicycle War.’
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Alternating Current Press
DaguerreoTyped Ekphrastic Photos & Responses
DaguerreoTyped #24: October 2019 Photo Prompt Writing Challenge

DaguerreoTyped #24: October 2019 Photo Prompt Writing Challenge

Each month, Alternating Current Press presents an ekphrastic challenge for writers and lovers of history.
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Alternating Current Press
DaguerreoTyped #20: Ekphrastic Response by Hannah Huff

DaguerreoTyped #20: Ekphrastic Response by Hannah Huff

Hannah Huff responds to our monthly historical photo prompt with the poem ‘A Routine Groundbreaking.’
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Alternating Current Press
DaguerreoTyped #18: Ekphrastic Response by R. J. Keeler

DaguerreoTyped #18: Ekphrastic Response by R. J. Keeler

R. J. Keeler responds to our monthly historical photo prompt with the poem “Trade (Among the Equilibrists).”
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Alternating Current Press
DaguerreoTyped #16: Ekphrastic Response by Rommel Chrisden Rollan Samarita

DaguerreoTyped #16: Ekphrastic Response by Rommel Chrisden Rollan Samarita

Rommel Chrisden Rollan Samarita responds to our monthly historical photo prompt with “What Can a Woman Do.”
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Alternating Current Press
Personal Essays, Narratives, & Memoir
Caveat Lector

Caveat Lector

Lina Chern discusses the high expectations of Harlan Ellison & how a brush with celebrity changed her relationship to writing.
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Lina Chern
How to Survive the 20th Anniversary of a Mass Shooting

How to Survive the 20th Anniversary of a Mass Shooting

Krista Hanley, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine mass shooting, lists how she prepares for the trauma and scars 20 years later.
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Krista Hanley
Fika; or, The Enjoyment of Coffee

Fika; or, The Enjoyment of Coffee

Nicholas Powell writes an ode to coffee, quality time, and the gender-assigning of objects, and it all might just be a metaphor.
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Yourwolfsdengaming
Kawasaki Is Not a Motorcycle: A Father’s Struggle with His Son’s Rare Illness

Kawasaki Is Not a Motorcycle: A Father’s Struggle with His Son’s Rare Illness

Jake Camp relives the trauma and uncertainty of his son’s battle with the rare vascular disorder Kawasaki Disease.
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Jake Camp
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