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Story of the Month, November: ‘Joy’ by Karys Frank
Eric was late to the airport, but Laura was not there yet with her life. The pieces of it would not come together. She was studying, she was being evicted, she worried her boyfriend was cheating on…
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The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish a piece from Issue 14: ‘Joy’ by Karys Frank. Read or listen to the story below…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Submissions close at midnight.
‘Eric was late to the airport, but Laura was not there yet with her life. The pieces of it would not come together. She was studying, she was being evicted, she worried her boyfriend was cheating on her.’
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Story of the Month, November: ‘Joy’ by Karys Frank
Eric was late to the airport, but Laura was not there yet with her life. The pieces of it would not come together. She was studying, she was being evicted, she worried her boyfriend was cheating on…
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November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
‘Eric was late to the airport, but Laura was not there yet with her life. The pieces of it would not come together. She was studying, she was being evicted, she worried her boyfriend was cheating on her.’
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For some time before I wrote Joy, I’d been having strange feelings. I didn’t know what to make of them, or how to explain them. They occurred in bouts a few times a year. They were blasts of intense, untethered happiness, often ambushing me in very mundane settings
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How I Wrote ‘Joy’ / Karys Frank
For some time before I wrote ‘Joy’, I’d been having strange feelings. I didn’t know what to make of them, or how to explain them. They occurred in bouts a few times a year. They were bl…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
For some time before I wrote Joy, I’d been having strange feelings. I didn’t know what to make of them, or how to explain them. They occurred in bouts a few times a year. They were blasts of intense, untethered happiness, often ambushing me in very mundane settings
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/27/h...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/27/h...
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish a piece from Issue 14: ‘Joy’ by Karys Frank. Read or listen to the story below…
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/27/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/27/s...
Story of the Month, November: ‘Joy’ by Karys Frank
Eric was late to the airport, but Laura was not there yet with her life. The pieces of it would not come together. She was studying, she was being evicted, she worried her boyfriend was cheating on…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish a piece from Issue 14: ‘Joy’ by Karys Frank. Read or listen to the story below…
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/27/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/27/s...
‘In looking back and writing these strange poems it felt like I was creating a record of how we lived then by using small fragmentary incidents from my past viewed through a lens skewed by innocence…’
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‘Family Almanac: Memory and Change’ / Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. Here, Brian discusses the creative pr…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
‘In looking back and writing these strange poems it felt like I was creating a record of how we lived then by using small fragmentary incidents from my past viewed through a lens skewed by innocence…’
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‘Winter played tricks on us.
In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
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In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
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‘Snow’ by Brian Kirk
Winter played tricks on us. In the lean time after Christmas the days were short yet somehow passed very slowly. We prayed for snow or a fire at the school or the death of the President. Anything a…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘Winter played tricks on us.
In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/s...
In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/s...
‘I tend to use a fair amount of form in my poetry and even in the free verse I write, I’m very conscious of the fact that I adopt my own set of constraints or loose forms while I’m shaping the poem…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
‘Family Almanac: Memory and Change’ / Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. Here, Brian discusses the creative pr…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
‘I tend to use a fair amount of form in my poetry and even in the free verse I write, I’m very conscious of the fact that I adopt my own set of constraints or loose forms while I’m shaping the poem…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
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Winter Readings: 'P.O. Box 37864' by Craig Austin by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Winter Readings: 'P.O. Box 37864' by Craig Austin
Craig Austin previews his story from Issue 12 of The Lonely Crowd.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Winter Readings: 'P.O. Box 37864' by Craig Austin by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Winter Readings: 'The Twice Pricked Heart' by Jo Mazelis by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Winter Readings: 'The Twice Pricked Heart' by Jo Mazelis
Jo Mazelis reads 'The Twice Pricked Heart' from the Winter Issue of The Lonely Crowd, which can be purchased here:
http://thelonelycrowd.org/the-lonely-store/
Story & Photo © Jo Mazelis, 2015
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November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Winter Readings: 'The Twice Pricked Heart' by Jo Mazelis by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Mary of Egypt goes into the Desert to Repent her Lascivious Life by Pauline Flynn on #SoundCloud
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Mary of Egypt goes into the Desert to Repent her Lascivious Life
Pauline Flynn reads her poem from Issue 14 of The Lonely Crowd. Image by Pauline Flynn
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November 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Mary of Egypt goes into the Desert to Repent her Lascivious Life by Pauline Flynn on #SoundCloud
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