Prompt #32 — Write Like Jasmine Dreame Wagner

In Wagner’s story (view story here), the scientific idea of String Theory—that there is a potential set of equations that can link Newtonian and Particle…

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String Theory

There is a sky behind the sky, and when you unmake your bed at night, there is a sheet pulled taut beneath the sheet, and…

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Volume 7 Number 2

Contributors: Kevin Adler, Maggie Bohara, Jody Brooks, Amanda Nicole Corbin, Caitlin Corrigan, Leesa Cross-Smith, Mark Elberfeld, Angela Fraleigh, Ian Golding, Carrie Guss, Georgie Hunt, Hillary Leftwich,…

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Volume 7 Number 2 Is Almost Here, and More!

NANO Fiction 7.2 will be landing door-side in just a couple of weeks and features exciting work from Kevin Adler, Leesa Cross-Smith, Lupe Linares, Sarah…

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Prompt #31 — Write Like Gary L. McDowell

The titular confession in McDowell’s story (view here) is never explicitly given. The speaker gives instructions for the appropriate way to confess, providing the breadcrumbs…

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Confession

Do prepare to prepare to say something about the color of the leaves. The badger that lives out back. The geography of the place, or…

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Prompt #30 — The Time Capsule

Time capsules are by nature a random amalgamation of items. We often make them in elementary or middle school by throwing items into a box…

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In the Office of Diamonds

In the fifth floor office, your father the diamond-dealer placed three diamonds along the crease between my middle and ring: marquis, sweetheart, oval. He gave…

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Prompt #29 — Write Like Jenny Gillespie

We usually consider diamond shopping an emotional event, often, though not necessarily, linked to a marriage proposal. In Gillespie’s piece (view story here), this event…

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The Preparer

Direct the bearer to lay the body out on the cold stone table, facing toward heaven. Unwrap the white cloth from the body. Fold it…

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