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Atlas Markers: An Emerging Autoethnography

Christina Weber·
All ContentAutoethnographic Flash NonfictionVolume 4, Issue 2 (2024)
·March 31, 2024·14 min read
Atlas Markers: An Emerging Autoethnography Author’s Memo Atlas Markers n is largely a thought-piece on the development of a research...
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I’d Say I Was a Runner

Trelaine Ito·
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·February 26, 2024·6 min read
In a single paragraph that represents one long thought, “I’d say I was a runner” explores the act of running as a form of self-therapy.
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Hiding Something Nefarious, Sadness, Danger and the Shed

J. Sumerau·
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·October 19, 2023·19 min read
This short story about a night in a shed is an attempt to encourage any reader to think about the stories that circulate within communities.
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Contraction: “A stranger held my hand and still, I think I love her”

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In this story I shifted my attention to the young woman –a nurse or a volunteer– who sat beside me and held my hand throughout abortion.
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Zona, Mon Amour: A Micro-autoethnography of a Rare Disease

Serpil Aygün Cengiz and Dilek Isler Hayirli·
All ContentAutoethnographic Flash NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 2 (2023)
·March 29, 2023·3 min read
Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
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Flash Nonfiction: Not Forgotten, Another Glimpse into the Funeral Industry

Hollace Sheppard·
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·January 5, 2023·2 min read
"Not Forgotten: Another Glimpse into the Funeral Industry" is a new work of flash nonfiction from our columnist Hollace Sheppard.
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Flash Nonfiction: “The Things They Carried,” A Glimpse Into the Funeral Industry

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·May 10, 2022·3 min read
"And these are the things I carry: the memories of those gone before us; the names of those entrusted to me to care for."
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Flash Nonfiction: The Decision to Medicate

Gianina Ainsley Romito·
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·July 10, 2021·3 min read
"We were constantly in fear of her hitting or pushing a friend, destroying a friend's toy, or throwing a block at someone’s head. We started to isolate ourselves because we were embarrassed of how our child acted around others."
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