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Cecelia Proffit
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Voting Instructions
Thank you for joining us for the contest! Each year, we give out a small cash prize to the writer of the audience’s favorite piece. To...
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Cecelia Proffit
Nov 3, 20234 min read
“Nine Sunsets” by Chanel Earl
Listen to this piece on our podcast Nine Sunsets “This doesn’t look like a picture. And it doesn’t look like a God. It is a sunset, and...
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Cecelia Proffit
Nov 2, 20231 min read
“Future Genealogists” by Madison Beckstrand
Listen to this piece on our podcast Future Genealogists To my descendants that wish to know me. The answer is No. The journals will...
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Cecelia Proffit
Nov 1, 20233 min read
“The Cost” by Liz Busby
Listen to this piece on our podcast The Cost We had been married three months when I turned to my husband and told him we should have a...
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Cecelia Proffit
Oct 31, 20231 min read
“Antelife” by Dan Mabee
Listen to this piece on our podcast Antelife Death smells the freshest at two in the afternoon, just after the embalming, when you can...
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Cecelia Proffit
Oct 30, 20234 min read
“Creature from the Back Lagoon” by Lee Allred
Listen to this piece on our podcast Creature from the Back Lagoon The clatter of roller coasters, the screams of the crowd, the patter of...
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Cecelia Proffit
Oct 29, 20231 min read
“Earthworm Lore” by Stan Absher
Listen to this piece on our podcast Earthworm Lore In the lore of the nightcrawler and red wriggler, it’s said that, when Jesus knelt and...
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Cecelia Proffit
Oct 27, 20231 min read
“A Young Mother’s Sacrament” by Emily Harris Adams
Listen to this piece on our podcast A Young Mother’s Sacrament It is all I can do to just sit And rock, Holding the baby, Feeling the...
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Cecelia Proffit
Oct 26, 20231 min read
“The Pear Tree” by Stan Absher
Listen to this piece on our podcast The Pear Tree Pity there was no ceremony for the lobe of lung they took the teeth all pulled, the...
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