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The boy plays on the floor of the living room with

The boy plays on the floor of the living room with his action figures of God and the prophets and other important things while his mother reads her tabloids on the couch.⠀
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“When will we see Father again?” the boy asks.⠀
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from "Evan" by Tim Rousseau, in Issue 1⠀

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darknes

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. (from "The Uses of Sorrow" by Mary Oliver, in her 2007 book THIRST)⠀
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#Writingprompt for Issue 2 ("Abandon Hope"): "Writ

#Writingprompt for Issue 2 ("Abandon Hope"): "Write about a time you felt guilty in childhood. Something only your family knows about."⠀
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1 week left to submit!⠀
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A truly devastating piece of fiction by Maxwell Su

A truly devastating piece of fiction by Maxwell Suzuki, "What Did I Mention To Ya?" in the first issue of Abandon Journal. Hover over the screen on desktop or tap on mobile.

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"When I go out to see the world, to see people, I

"When I go out to see the world, to see people, I suspend my beliefs and open my heart to the multiple possibilities of the world. With my camera, I give and receive love." -- David Ishaya Osu, photographs featured in the first issue of Abandon Journal⠀
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"But after all, writing is nothing more than a gui

"But after all, writing is nothing more than a guided dream." ⠀
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The inimitable Jorge Luis Borges, from the preface to Dr. Brodie's Report (1970)⠀
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"nostalgia is the privilege / of the unwounded"⠀

"nostalgia is the privilege / of the unwounded"⠀
from the devastating poem, "Condolences," by Shana Ross in the first issue of Abandon Journal⠀
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"Dad's finally dead. My older sister Nan and I get

"Dad's finally dead. My older sister Nan and I get roped into writing an obituary..."
Read "Dead History," a haunting piece of flash fiction by Yash Seyedbagheri in the first issue of Abandon Journal.

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A picture of you sleeping is shared on social medi

A picture of you sleeping is shared on social media. You've always lived alone and have never had anyone stay over. (from 101 Horror Writing Prompts, by Kate Krake)⠀
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3 weeks left to submit for Issue #2, Abandon Hope!⠀

Abandon Journal Issue 1 is live! Check out all the

Abandon Journal Issue 1 is live! Check out all the wonderful work by some amazing writers. We're humbled by the response we got for our little literary experiment, and we're so proud to share it with the world.⠀

"The business of art... [is] to make that understo

"The business of art... [is] to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible. Usually it seems to the recipient of a truly artistic impression that they knew the thing before, but had been unable to express it." -- Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art (1896)

Write a 1,100-word #YA story about a stalker and a

Write a 1,100-word #YA story about a stalker and a sarcastic ghost, including a screwdriver, hammer, notebook, & tongs. Use the sentence, "What's your problem, Bozo?" Bonus: A tornado just touched down.

"Empathy sometimes achieves what scholarship canno

"Empathy sometimes achieves what scholarship cannot." -- Arundhati Roy⠀
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The fundamentals of being a writer, courtesy of St

The fundamentals of being a writer, courtesy of Stephen King: If you want to be a writer, you have to read a lot and write a lot. Pretty simple, right?⠀
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Some Friday wisdom from Zora Neale Hurston: "Resea

Some Friday wisdom from Zora Neale Hurston: "Research is formalized curiosity. It is pokingn and prying with a purpose." Now go be curious this weekend and learn something new!⠀
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Did you know Nikolai Gogol was a huge influence on

Did you know Nikolai Gogol was a huge influence on Mel Brooks? We didn't, either. Blücher!⠀

"Story reveals the meaning of what otherwise would

"Story reveals the meaning of what otherwise would remain an unbearable sequence of sheer happenings... Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." --Hannah Arendt, on Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) in The New Yorker (1968)⠀
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"Let me be clear. I don't have a drug problem. I h

"Let me be clear. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem." -- Keith Richards, who portrayed Captain Edward Teague in the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise ("At World's End," "On Stranger Tides," and "Dead Men Tell No Tales.")⠀

"Beauty plus pity--that is the closes we can get t

"Beauty plus pity--that is the closes we can get to a definition of art." -- Vladimir Nabokov, Lecture on Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," in Lectures on Literature (1980)⠀

Remember, we are all passengers in the same automo

Remember, we are all passengers in the same automobile. And remember to read Anne Carson whenever possible.

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