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Forgetmenot, Pt. 1

March 6, 2020 ezeth

A Tourist Again was the most heavily consumed piece of writing I’ve published on this website in its almost 20…

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A Tourist Again, Pt. 1

May 17, 2019 ezeth Leave a comment

A Tourist Again picks up in the immediate aftermath of what Bampy calls “Black Christmas” in my novel Fresh Water…

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Evy’s Ghost

August 23, 2020 ezeth

This story is for my daughter, Everly. I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to write something for the two…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 10

July 22, 2020 ezeth

“Thought you’d cry out,” Broomhill hissed, stirring the leaves with the toe of a boot. “Then again, animals like you…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 9

July 16, 2020 ezeth

  The Farmer’s Pasture wasn’t technically public land, though there was an access road just off the shaded valley where…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 8

July 7, 2020 ezeth

While the Twisted Oak Public Library was taxpayer subsidized, its café was just another piece of real estate rented out…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 7

July 1, 2020 ezeth

I shot up in bed, choking on my breath as I struggled to process reality. Slowly the darkness began to…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 6

June 17, 2020 ezeth

The stretch of Route 1 that struck through Ogunquit Village was a sea of gleaming metal. I turned off onto…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 5

April 20, 2020 ezeth

Prizm’s Portland Mindscape campus occupied two blocks at the fringe of the city’s Old Port, overlooking the busy harbor and…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 4

March 31, 2020 ezeth

Brianna Steadpool was, to my knowledge, the only surviving member of the Steadpool family and the eldest of their two…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 3

March 28, 2020 ezeth

Gram was fiddling with an arrangement of hibiscus and lilac at the window. The narrow two foot vase she’d placed…

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Forgetmenot, Pt. 2

March 25, 2020 ezeth

I fumbled with my cell as I shifted my recently strapless messenger bag into the crook of my arm. Ahead…

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