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Anni Annihilation, A Short Story

D.Lynn — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:15:58 +0000

A very condensed version of my short story, Anni Annihilation, as published by BluePrint Magazine.

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It’s Magic. Really.

D.Lynn — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

The book post entitled "Phoenix Slouching" introduces the novel’s first reference to an extraordinary event, occurring in an otherwise mundane existence and places it within the genre of Magic Realism.

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Homecoming, A Short Story

D.Lynn — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Situated in the Magic Realism genre, I wrote this short story in 1999. It was inspired by the foreboding inscription over the entrance to a gated cemetery in Catanduva, Brazil, the town in which I lived as an exchange student in 1990-1991.

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Phoenix Slouching

D.Lynn — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, February 13, 2007: I awaken to the offensively chipper chatter of morning show hosts from the clock radio at my husband’s bedside. Pulling up my knees, I withdraw deeper into the dark, warm covers and lift them over the back of my head, relieved when he hits “snooze” and heads to the bathroom. A ten-minute reprieve.

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