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"Back at camp. Crickets chirp. Frogs peep. She sits on a stump. Knives her in belly. Bucket clenched between her knees." ~ from the short story book, DEVOTION a.co/d/hE3kQeX #DEVTION #literaryfiction #shortstories #flashfiction
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DEVOTION
DEVOTION is a collection of stripped-down, emotionally charged stories that explore the quiet, aching corners of life-grief, love, loss, memory, and survival. With a minimalist style and unflinching...
Here's one you might like. thecrookedsteeple.com/2025/08/30/und… #WritingCommunity #memoir #shortstories
“Kids see everything. Even if it’s not there. Especially when it’s not there.” ~ from "mange," a short story in the book, DEVOTION. a.co/d/cPqlTvh #Amazon via @Amazon #Minimalism #LiteraryFiction #ShortStories #Devotion


DEVOTION — ten stark stories. No comfort. No compromise. Just loss, ache, love, and the dark shit we carry. #WritingCommunity #literaryfiction #shortstories a.co/d/fC1zSks

"Like fish in the river. Leaves on the trees. And sunlight in the sky." ~Aden, from "Pilgrim's Bay" a.co/d/i0vS4XU

Wrote this 20 years ago. It’s from, “Landscaping”—a book I wrote when I started to learn that little, every day things are what create our lives—memories—and they are what last. #WritingLife #memoir #nonfiction #creativewriting power and energy thecrookedsteeple.com/2025/08/12/pow…
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Explore the simple life and nostalgic memories of an old Briggs & Stratton engine, capturing lessons learned and cherished moments.
“…I try to believe that losing them has prepared me for this, but it has not. Because living cannot prepare anyone for dying.” ~ from "Black" by K.J. Stevens a.co/d/aCqm4MI
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It will end by its own volition. We’ll hit a wall. Slip down a hole. Get zapped up to the sky. Or put our heads to the pillow and stay there in perpetual sleep. And all of it is okay, and good, and exactly what we deserve... thecrookedsteeple.com/2025/08/07/bub… #WritingCommunity #journaling
We write, and for us, it's marriage. We love and are loyal to a fault. And the words we put together are our children. We feed them. Nurture them. Help them grow strong. Then we send them into the world, hoping they’ll stand on their own. ~ KJ #WritingCommunity #writerslife
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