dispatches from the dregs of Florida.
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I needed new chopsticks – we’d broken them playing chopsticks wishbone. We pulled wrong, pulled too hard, and mine snapped in the center. Splintered. I asked you about your wish. You put your piece down slowly, quietly picked up your…
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Happy Holidays and New Year
Poetry seems to be the theme of 2026 so far…in January, Silly Goose Press will be publishing a steamy poem of mine, and in February Up the Staircase Quarterly will publish a poem about not giving up…or maybe it’s about…
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“Spiral” and “Ma’Donna” among 20 works of memorable short fiction – Turn & Work 2025 Shortlist Favourites
Thank you to media review blog Turn & Work for including two of my short stories among 20 featured in their 2025 Shortlist Favourites list. From the blog: “These are the 20 most memorable stories I linked to at other…
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“In Another Life” nominated for Best Microfiction 2026
Thank you to Ink In Thirds literary magazine for nominating “In Another Life,” a piece of surreal short prose, for inclusion in the Best Microfiction 2026 anthology. Judges this year are Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke, and Diane Seuss. “In Another…
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“Once, We Were Under the Sea” nominated for Pushcart Prize
“Once, We Were Under the Sea,” a prose poem inspired by hunting for shark teeth in rural central Florida, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by my publisher, Whale Road Review. Read the piece here. Or, read it here.…
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Inkd Publications: Cthulhu Dreams: That Sinking Feeling
Cthulhu Dreams: A short story anthology of horror influenced by or reflective of Lovecraftian themes. For sale at Barnes and Noble online. My contribution, “That Sinking Feeling,” is a quasi-memoir of the time I lived in a commercial loft space…
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Fictive Dream: The Almost
The Almost: a school bus driver passes the early morning hours in rural Florida reading her favorite romance novel while idling in her bus before the kids show up. As the sensual language of the book, “Heather’s Rake,” provides her…
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Slipstream Press: The Gun Looks Wrong
“The Gun Looks Wrong” – a poem about a game of Duck Hunt gone, well, Slipstream, is featured in the 45th Annual issue (“Strange Days” theme) of Slipstream magazine. Founded in 1980, Slipstream features the work of both new and…
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Graveside Press: If: Gathered Here Today (anthology)
My poem “If” is included in Gathered Here Today: An open casket of art and poetry, an illustrated anthology produced by Graveside Press. If you like spooky poetry, you can buy a copy (it’s absolutely bursting with unsettling gems.) An…
Kelli Dianne Rule: Author 