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  The Prodigal Daughter Returns
  
  September 25, 2020
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  Misty
  
  September 24, 2020
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  WOVEN: Phoenix
  
  September 23, 2020
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  On Nearness and the Pandemic
  
  September 22, 2020
  
  Introspection
  
  The Birds: A Special Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow
  
  January 2, 2020
  
  Introspection
  
  Returning Home with Ross McElwee
  
  December 13, 2019
  
  Introspection
  
  The Birds: In Our Piety
  
  November 14, 2019
  
  Introspection
  
  Variations: Landslide
  
  June 12, 2019
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  The Birds: Breathing the World Awake
  
  September 17, 2020
  
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  The Birds: Search Party
  
  August 31, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Birds: An Inquiry Into Theft
  
  August 25, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Birds: Flightless Birds
  
  August 18, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Itch is the Disease
  
  July 29, 2020
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  Review: Reaching Light by Robert Adamson
  
  September 24, 2020
  
  Review
  
  Finding Life and Solace in Marc Zegans’s “The Snow Dead”
  
  September 21, 2020
  
  Culture
  
  Alden Jones’s The Wanting Was a Wilderness—A Review
  
  September 20, 2020
  
  Review
  
  Placing Your Hand in the Mouth of the Wolf: Emily Skaja’s Brute
  
  September 17, 2020
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  Attention to the Real: A Conversation
  
  September 3, 2020
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  A Street Car Named Whatever
  
  February 22, 2016
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  Black Gum: A Conversational Review
  
  August 7, 2015
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  Lords of Waterdeep in Conversation
  
  February 25, 2015
  
  Video Review
  
  Entropy’s Super Mario Level
  
  September 15, 2015
  
  Video Review
  
  Flash Portraits of Link: Part 7 – In Weakness, Find Strength
  
  January 2, 2015
  
  Video Review
  
  Basal Ganglia by Matthew Revert
  
  March 31, 2014
  
  Video Review
  
  The Desert Places by Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss, Illustrated by Matt Kish
  
  March 21, 2014
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  Slate Roof Press
  
  September 15, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  Ellipsis Press
  
  September 1, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  Simulacrum Press
  
  August 20, 2020
  
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  August 6, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  11:11 Press
  
  July 23, 2020
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    Session Report: Victoriana and Optimism
    
    December 14, 2019
    
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    Best of 2019: Video Games
    
    December 13, 2019
    
    Games
    
    Hunt A Killer, Earthbreak, and Empty Faces: Escapism for the Post-Truth Era
    
    September 21, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Ludic Writing: Lady of the West
    
    July 27, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Session Report: Victoriana and Optimism
    
    December 14, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Ludic Writing: Lady of the West
    
    July 27, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Session Report: Paperback and Anomia
    
    July 27, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Ludic Writing: The Real Leeds Part 12 (Once in a Lifetime)
    
    November 10, 2018
    
    Video Games
    
    Best of 2019: Video Games
    
    December 13, 2019
    
    Video Games
    
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the Spirit of Generosity
    
    December 31, 2018
    
    Video Games
    
    Best of 2018: Video Games
    
    December 17, 2018
    
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    Silent Hill Shattered Memories: Biography of a Place
    
    September 3, 2018
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About
Essays
- All Introspection
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  The Prodigal Daughter Returns
  
  September 25, 2020
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  Misty
  
  September 24, 2020
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  WOVEN: Phoenix
  
  September 23, 2020
  
  Creative Nonfiction / Essay
  
  On Nearness and the Pandemic
  
  September 22, 2020
  
  Introspection
  
  The Birds: A Special Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow
  
  January 2, 2020
  
  Introspection
  
  Returning Home with Ross McElwee
  
  December 13, 2019
  
  Introspection
  
  The Birds: In Our Piety
  
  November 14, 2019
  
  Introspection
  
  Variations: Landslide
  
  June 12, 2019
Fiction
- Fiction
  
  The Birds: Breathing the World Awake
  
  September 17, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Birds: Search Party
  
  August 31, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Birds: An Inquiry Into Theft
  
  August 25, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Birds: Flightless Birds
  
  August 18, 2020
  
  Fiction
  
  The Itch is the Disease
  
  July 29, 2020
Reviews
- All Collaborative Review Video Review
  
  Review
  
  Review: Reaching Light by Robert Adamson
  
  September 24, 2020
  
  Review
  
  Finding Life and Solace in Marc Zegans’s “The Snow Dead”
  
  September 21, 2020
  
  Culture
  
  Alden Jones’s The Wanting Was a Wilderness—A Review
  
  September 20, 2020
  
  Review
  
  Placing Your Hand in the Mouth of the Wolf: Emily Skaja’s Brute
  
  September 17, 2020
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  Attention to the Real: A Conversation
  
  September 3, 2020
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  A Street Car Named Whatever
  
  February 22, 2016
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  Black Gum: A Conversational Review
  
  August 7, 2015
  
  Collaborative Review
  
  Lords of Waterdeep in Conversation
  
  February 25, 2015
  
  Video Review
  
  Entropy’s Super Mario Level
  
  September 15, 2015
  
  Video Review
  
  Flash Portraits of Link: Part 7 – In Weakness, Find Strength
  
  January 2, 2015
  
  Video Review
  
  Basal Ganglia by Matthew Revert
  
  March 31, 2014
  
  Video Review
  
  The Desert Places by Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss, Illustrated by Matt Kish
  
  March 21, 2014
Small Press
- Small Press
  
  Slate Roof Press
  
  September 15, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  Ellipsis Press
  
  September 1, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  Simulacrum Press
  
  August 20, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  Coven Editions
  
  August 6, 2020
  
  Small Press
  
  11:11 Press
  
  July 23, 2020
Where to Submit
More
- Poetry
- Interviews
- Games
  - All Board Games Video Games
    
    Board Games
    
    Session Report: Victoriana and Optimism
    
    December 14, 2019
    
    Games
    
    Best of 2019: Video Games
    
    December 13, 2019
    
    Games
    
    Hunt A Killer, Earthbreak, and Empty Faces: Escapism for the Post-Truth Era
    
    September 21, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Ludic Writing: Lady of the West
    
    July 27, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Session Report: Victoriana and Optimism
    
    December 14, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Ludic Writing: Lady of the West
    
    July 27, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Session Report: Paperback and Anomia
    
    July 27, 2019
    
    Board Games
    
    Ludic Writing: The Real Leeds Part 12 (Once in a Lifetime)
    
    November 10, 2018
    
    Video Games
    
    Best of 2019: Video Games
    
    December 13, 2019
    
    Video Games
    
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the Spirit of Generosity
    
    December 31, 2018
    
    Video Games
    
    Best of 2018: Video Games
    
    December 17, 2018
    
    Video Games
    
    Silent Hill Shattered Memories: Biography of a Place
    
    September 3, 2018
- Food
- Small Press Releases
- Film
- Music
- Paranormal
- Travel
- Art
- Graphic Novels
- Comics
- Current Events
- Astrology
- Random
RESOURCES
The Accomplices

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Natasha Amar

Food
Cooking Origin Stories: In the Kitchen, My Mother’s Daughter

by Guest Contributor January 7, 2019

I think I was turning 14, when I decided that I would never learn how to cook. Not deliberately at least. As a young girl stubborn in her intentions to…