Rumpus Original Fiction: The Bad Kind of Puppy
That was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
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Posts Tagged: psychotic episode
Poetics of Lineage
I see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
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Splintered Doors
This journey is ongoing. But I know this: my daughter will never have to break down a door.
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Ghostly Woman
I had never lived in a real haunted house. I didn’t know what any of the rules were. Could her presence cause physical harm?
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Crazy
“We live in a culture where it can seem like everyone wants to be troubled. Nobody wants to be crazy…The story arc of mental illness does not conform to the redemption tale.”
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