Posted on February 13, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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Slippers are for cowards Slip-ons are for Christmas Morning hung-over dads Sandals are for white people forced into dreadlocks on their way to burn a man Dancing out of their money eating spiced tempeh fries disguised as Jesus peyote offered by the naturopath… Continue Reading “Casuals Don’t Fool Anyone”
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Category: Poetry, The Fashioned SeriesTags: Author, Clothes, Comedy, Fashion, Fiction, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Shoes, Short Story, Writer, Writing
Posted on February 3, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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I stumbled upon her, hidden behind a large sliding door, within the comfort of darkness, unmoved, silent. Is that possible? She seemed so old, so incredibly old, as if one touch would turn her into dust. And dust was inside, so much earthly… Continue Reading “The Instrument (Portrait #2)”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PortraitsTags: Author, Fiction, Ghost, Hamlet, Literature, Music, Ophelia, Poetry, Prose, Romance, Shakespeare, Short Story, Story, Writer, Writing
Posted on January 23, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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The river– Cold, of a certain depth, certain speed, enough to conceal . Annie had freckles that hid frowns, dusty eyes—unmanageable red hair like wild wires sitting upon a strange round head. Pulling Jessie’s wet wrists, towards the water, hands slipped away. Annie… Continue Reading “The River (Portrait #1)”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PortraitsTags: Burial, Desire, Edgar Allan Poe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Forest, Love, Murder, Nature, Pagan, Passion, River, Short Story, Snow, Surreal, Witchcraft, Word Pictures
Posted on December 27, 2014
by Elan Mudrow
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She vibrates on trails high above Tunnel Falls, where lakes colder than winter wait. No one sees her, only a wake follows. Her apparition is enough to remind her of words left behind—words which cut into her skin—permanent wounds. Not the simple healing of… Continue Reading “Beyond Words”
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Category: PoetryTags: Art, Artist, Author, Creative Writing, English Class, Famous, Fiction, Literary Theory, Literature, Music, Pagan, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Prose, Religion, Short Story, Silence, Singer, Snow, Witch, Writing
Posted on December 15, 2014
by Elan Mudrow
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Beauty is not looks, but the ability to look.
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Category: Short SayingsTags: Author, Beauty, Creative Writing, Fiction, Kant, Old Photo, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Short Story, Subjectivity, The Sublime, Witch, Woman, Women
Posted on December 5, 2014
by Elan Mudrow
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I was a quiet ghost and tried to leave the Living alone, sucking in sweet immortality, breathing the fine particles of the afterlife, inhaling string theory, and feeling the curvature of Earth with the bottoms of my nonexistent feet. Death was easy. There… Continue Reading “The Supposing Ghost”
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Category: UncategorizedTags: Afterlife, Comedy, Creative Writing, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Ghost, Ghost Story, Ghosts, Life, Literature, Prose, Reincarnation, Short Story, Writing
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