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Flash fiction: My Mind Was Like a Basquiat Piece

Flash fiction: My Mind Was Like a Basquiat Piece

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Jess Focht
May 17, 2024
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Hi, subscribers!

I’ve been working on a couple of longer-form pieces for this newsletter and realized I want to publish more frequently here—not just essays and meditations, but also flash fiction I’ve been working on.

So, some new housekeeping… I’m going to turn on the paid feature for the flash fiction. I’m also going to work in some creative writing prompts at the end for you, the reader, to be inspired to write something in return.

Here’s my first flash piece, “My Mind Was Like a Basquiat Piece.”

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