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The Flash Cabin is hibernating. BUT @stillsquirrel.bsky.social (Anika Carpenter) is still running her monthly ekphrastic writing workshops.
https://www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-writing-workshops.html
It won't be half bad. There's going to be monstrous plants, surreal bagpipes and runaway lips!
June 13, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Malina, this is gorgeous! What a beautiful spot to get some writing done. Enjoy!
June 12, 2024 at 12:44 PM
🧵8/8 #FlashFiction #fungi

'You turn to me with that I-don’t-believe-it’s-true-but-let’s-find-out-look.'

Devil’s Urn by Cecilia Kennedy

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Devil’s Urn
On paths lined with last fall’s brittle leaves, we walk to the edge of our property where we first kissed: under the tall oak, near the creek. We clear the leaves and sit on the grass that pokes throu...
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June 8, 2024 at 8:11 AM
🧵7/8 #FlashFiction #fungi

'A cluster of mushrooms is pushing a shopping cart through the produce department.'

The Mushroom Inspector by Rick Claypool

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The Mushroom Inspector by Rick Claypool
(remixed from Mixed Meat, originally published in TL;DR Magazine) A cluster of mushrooms is pushing a shopping cart through the produce department. The cluster of mushrooms encounters ano...
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June 7, 2024 at 9:13 AM
🧵6/8 #FlashFiction #fungi

“That day on my way to work I hear a radio story about a pathogenic fungus that fills sex-crazed cicadas with mold to shrivel their abdomen and genitals but not their appetite to fuck” by Tara Isabel Zambrano

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“That day on my way to work I hear a radio story about a pathogenic fungus that fills sex-crazed cicadas with mold to shrivel their abdomen and genitals but not their appetite to fuck” — Honey Liter...
By Tara Isabel Zambrano. What would we do if we lost our limbs, our genitals, and lay next to each other, helpless throughout the endless room of night, our skin turning blue without touching, blue ...
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June 6, 2024 at 8:13 AM
🧵5/8

'My friend Gina force-feeds me crackers while I’m in hysterics...'

Magic by Tayler Raven Hanxi Bunge

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Magic by Tayler Bunge — Five Minutes
My friend Gina force-feeds me crackers while I’m in hysterics, riding the climax of a bad mushroom trip.
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June 5, 2024 at 10:48 AM
🧵4/8

'So after that I stopped speaking to you for a while and made a point of eating all the unwashed strawberries from the carton...'

Their Memories by Jude Higgins

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Their Memories by Jude Higgins
I said everyone has a memory of walking through a field of corn, and you said it wasn't corn...
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June 4, 2024 at 10:24 AM
🧵3/8

'Nuala’s mother had said Nuala was born with a nose for fungus.'

Mushrooms are like Secrets by Kathryn McMahon

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Mushrooms Are Like Secrets
Flash Fiction by Kathryn McMahon
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June 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
🧵2/8...

'...curling Sparassis radicata blossoming like readymade wedding bouquets at the roots of conifers...'

A Girl Forages for Mushrooms by Ruth Joffre

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June 3, 2024 at 5:48 PM