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Notes on a Sentence

December 5February 4 Marcelle Heathdraft journal, editing, fiction writing, revisionLeave a comment

Aimee Bender writes, “If a sentence has an emotional impact, which of course it does all the time, it does so in large part because of its placement against other sentences, and because of how, almost musically, the emotion will land on a paragraph or scene or moment or white space or word.”

She spread her legs and flew away*

December 2February 4 Marcelle Heathfiction, flash fiction, literary fiction, marcelle heath, micro fiction, short storyLeave a comment

His unconscious sister on the floor, an emaciated mutt giving him the eye, and discreet piles of shit everywhere. Time to save the dog.

* title of Crooked Fingers song

Learning to fly

February 14February 4 Marcelle Heathfiction, flash fiction, marcelle heath, short storyLeave a comment

It is widely believed that angels have no skin, and the hearts of robots are twice the size of dogs. All improbable outcomes have occurred, and though it is very cold, so cold our skin falls off in sheets, our hearts alight in the dark.

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