The Shoreline
The man stood on the hot sand and stared across the shore.
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Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 82 min read
Smoke and Mirrors
It usually takes one match for my father to light his cigarette.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 840 min read
Monk
You’ve been studying and meditating during the day here for the last three months.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Sundowning
The butterflies won’t leave Alice alone.
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Jan 81 min read
Fossil Fuel
The spark.
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Jan 84 min read
Bonfire of Memories
The old woman walks through the Forest, having gathered her memories for the cleansing bonfire.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 83 min read
The Man Who Felt like His Skin Was on Fire
The man I’m going to tell you about now is a man who felt like his skin was on fire.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 82 min read
A TOAST TO THE FALL
in a forest of the dead standing room
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 817 min read
Ceremony or, A Funeral for a Wandering Spirit is a Human Affair
The guard swung his arm and steered the driver left.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 87 min read
The Supper
I’ve always loved Halloween.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Radiating
Radiating
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 813 min read
The Face in the Wall
The house she liked because it was full of shadows.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 88 min read
To the Ground
Ruth plucked a soft-glowing ember from the mound of ashes, and placed it in a teacup.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 82 min read
How much we Love to Save the Planet more than we Love the Planet
I’m called back into my body, after what might be called years of dim remembrance.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 83 min read
Numbers Game or Pity
Janet’s husband cuts his toenails with a small knife as she lays next to him in their bed.
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Last Wish of the Dissociated
I don't know how to relate
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Kenosis
Kenosis
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
The Arsonist
hurricane season new year same cycle
Hearth & Coffin Staff
Jan 81 min read
Holding
I have kissed cigarettes on my skin
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