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I have 34 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 17738 times and 10 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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Harriet MacMillan

My stories

Tesselation

Tesselation In my darkest moments, When my entire identity is exploding from my bones, Like the creature from a Drive-In movie, We are Jack Spratt and his wife.
Cherry

Spinothalamic Tract

Loving you from a distance is like stroking a phantom limb. I writhe for you in the night, clambering at the air, To find you gone, to find you not there.

Six Weeks in Abruzzo

I am high now above you, knotting my way Through turbulent tongues of wind and A time difference. I try to map you out in the clouds, Thick, airborne globules of Whipped, curdling cream.

Heart Library

It is free for you to borrow, But costly for you to keep, The potential stock encouraging, But the late fees are very steep. Mahogany caskets guard the walls,
Cherry

Things I Miss About Living With My Mother

There are things she'll never now know. Not important, Just the incidentals. Like items of clothing she will never see. Before, every article clearly kept in the catalogue of her head,

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