From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: The Bad Kind of Puppy
That was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
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Join NOW!That was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
...moreOut here on the balcony, perched three stories above the ground, we’re in her world.
...moreI was fine. No one and nothing could hurt me.
...more“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
...moreI read somewhere that sounds don’t stop, they keep going all the way into deep space, reflecting off whatever might be in the way and speeding infinitely on. My head feels like deep space, and those voices haven’t even begun to wind down in there.
...moreThe important thing to remember when climbing a pole, a rope, a mountain is to not look down.
...moreAfterward, there was dead silence in the kitchen. I know because I held my breath. Even air molecules seemed to still.
...moreOttessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreI am sick with grief, triggered by my mother’s death, in turn triggered by Chardonnay.
...moreCynthia Dewi Oka discusses her new collection, FIRE IS NOT A COUNTRY.
...more“I always try to locate stories deep inside myself, physically and emotionally.”
...moreI feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.
...moreThe mother, too, is a monument. I am haunted by mine.
...moreTo be imbricated in hundreds of years of colonial violence is to be entangled in colorist logics and stories of loss and belonging that are rarely linear or singular.
...moreJenny Qi discusses her debut poetry collection, FOCAL POINT.
...moreLeonora Simonovis discusses her debut collection, STUDY OF THE RAFT.
...moreI took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.
...morePoems echo, rebound, and speak to one another.
...moreAmid all this survival, Cho carries the reader through with the comfort of food.
...moreFinding joy in the now, even as death and difficulty mark the days, is possible, a choice, and a practice.
...moreA fossil. A body. A message from a recovered life.
...moreAmanda Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, REQUEENING.
...moreAs the title suggests, Sanctuary creates a safe space for grief in all its forms.
...moreLike Fine’s uniquely constructed book, being a mom is to be permanently fractured.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreZauner’s memoir is not a performance, but an act of love, including all the dirty little bits that come with it.
...moreIn this lush and raw account, musicians play, voices harmonize and then separate again, town after Alaska town rolls by… and Waterfield searches for home.
...moreThe voice reaches and reaches at answers to broad questions. Sometimes it pulls back pieces of insight and beauty.
...moreAnna Qu discusses her debut memoir, MADE IN CHINA.
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