Rumpus Original Fiction: The Howard County Rapture
It was a Friday morning at 9:34 a.m. when the Rapture occurred.
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Join NOW!It was a Friday morning at 9:34 a.m. when the Rapture occurred.
...moreMalcolm Tariq discusses his debut collection, HEED THE HOLLOW.
...moreStanding alone before the house, I think: love can be a sad, strange thing.
...moreShe never stopped, a bee buzzing from flower to flower to flower, collecting all the sweetness she could.
...moreGarrard Conley, author of the new memoir Boy Erased, discusses growing up in the deep South, mothers, writing for change, and political delusions.
...moreI wasn’t looking at them, but I felt I should have been. It’s an act of bravery, to see and be seen, isn’t it? A way to connect? And wasn’t I, just then, needing to feel something like brave?
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