mary @writing_on_fire

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the writer formerly known as Matthew Salesses @salesses

5 years ago

What is love for Asian Americans? What is silence? What is melancholy? I started a column for @CatapultStory about writing/teaching/reading Asian American literature. It’s called Love and Silence. The 1st essay is up today. #AAPIHM catapult.co/stories/matthe…

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mary @writing_on_fire

5 years ago

The steel walls of the ship, the steady hum of the vent intake drove her to #ennui. So she spent all her time staring through a porthole window into the void of space, imagining all the worlds that their children would one day see. #vss365

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A.A.Milne @A_AMilne

5 years ago

“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.” “And he has Brain.” “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.” There was a long silence. “I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.” ~A.A.Milne

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mary @writing_on_fire

5 years ago

"Why's it so hard, Scottie? What's wrong with me?" "There's nothing wrong with you, it's just the world you got born into. And nobody blames you for being born." And then someone tipped 'em over 'cuz Scottie and Henrietta are cows. Is that what #bathos is? 😅 #vss365

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Roppotucha Greenberg @roppotucha

5 years ago

Today you once again googled us into safety. "They found life in #rainwater," you said. Whole exoplanets. Grass, bears, rhinoceros. In each drop." You like rhinos, I know, also asteroids, and magnetic waves. "We'll be Ok". I nod, try to make my smile soft like the rain. #vss365

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mary @writing_on_fire

5 years ago

they had never promised us a better life when we boarded the shuttle. just the dream carried us through deep space, the stretches of time when it was so dark we wondered if we still existed. the feel of rainwater on our dried-out bodies reminded us that we did. #vss365

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

So ecstatic for my friend Amanda. I'm going to have a famous author friend and her book is amazing and she deserves this x infinity!! 💙💙💙

Amanda Helander updates 🇵🇸 @helander_amanda

6 years ago

So ecstatic for my friend Amanda. I'm going to have a famous author friend and her book is amazing and she deserves this x infinity!! 💙💙💙

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Angie Thomas @angiecthomas

6 years ago

Dear writer, The doubt never goes away, no matter how successful you are. So why not write anyway? Signed, your future readers. #amwriting

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ej sidle @sidle_by

6 years ago

Want to read about a necromancer who isn’t good at his job, and a necromancee who would much rather not be at a music festival? Well, this story has you covered! Also, I wrote it, so that's a bonus too 😂 😉😉 🎊

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

It'd been a long time since anybody had seen him, truly looked past his foliage of bangs, seen that his eyes were blue. And deeper still, to see that there was smoke leading to the campsite. He couldn't give up what was buried there, so he shook all over, #frantic. #vss365

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

i'd rather be dreaming, she said to no one, preferring the fantasy of having friends and companions to the reality of never leaving her house. so every morning she awoke and forced herself to keep dreaming, despite not being sleepy, until she became the fairytale #vss365

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

When you asked why I spent all day in the wheat fields dancing, what I was searching for after Benny left, I said "probably sanity." I didn't know then if it was mine, or yours, or everyone's. #vss365

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Neil Clark @NeilRClark

6 years ago

They said you'd left your sanity in space. You wouldn't stop pirouetting around me. I went into orbit to seek answers. Saw Earth spin and rotate around the Sun. Realised you were the sane one. When I returned, you were gone. Without me, you had simply ceased to exist. #vss365

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

Don't forget me when you're famous! Everyone needs to meet Mona!

Amanda Helander updates 🇵🇸 @helander_amanda

6 years ago

Don't forget me when you're famous! Everyone needs to meet Mona!

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

With the steering wheel wedged into his ribcage, his arm bent at an impossible angle, Jon saw death. Not the reaper, but a #cacophony of crows diving toward the windshield, cawing, the thumps of their bodies like baseball bats cracking. #vss365

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

Elon, I'm glad we have one of you in this world.

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mary @writing_on_fire

6 years ago

it's funny you said #jasmine darling, that is the only memory still drawing me into the wilds-- would you climb the wall with me one day, just to smell our childhood again? #vss365