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Haiku 04
You know it until
Jun 7 • Shannon Ratliff
Blobs & Globs, No. 01
Everything that bubbled up in May.
Jun 1 • Shannon Ratliff

May 2026

Seeker, pt. 1
I'm launching a short story in four parts this summer.
May 24 • Shannon Ratliff
The Search for Wonka
Inspired by John McPhee's The Search for Marvin Gardens.
May 17 • Shannon Ratliff
The Wrist & the Distance
The daughter kept arriving in forms the mother had not been given instructions for.
May 11 • Shannon Ratliff
Ascension
This place where the skyscrapers grow scales, born from borrowed light bouncing off the tall, spindly walls.
May 4 • Shannon Ratliff

April 2026

Still
It was April and it was always about to be something else.
Apr 16 • Shannon Ratliff
Haiku 03
Bats see with their mouths.
Apr 9 • Shannon Ratliff

March 2026

The Door Ajar: On Old Dolio & Emily Dickinson [HYPERREAL FILM JOURNAL]
Both women move through their worlds in bodies others try to read and categorize, but neither fits cleanly into the roles projected onto them.
Mar 5 • Shannon Ratliff

February 2026

The Map & the Territory
It’s not the unknown that undoes you. It’s the known that walks you into walls.
Feb 25 • Shannon Ratliff
Enjoy This
You are here to generate joy like an engine.
Feb 20 • Shannon Ratliff
Contra
Scan is to skim or examine closely.
Feb 4 • Shannon Ratliff
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