On Day 1,373 since, it's

with shivering clarity I see the threshold of the dark, glittering Seine beyond his beautiful head, the arc of bent knee, this chasm behind him and it…

Aug 6 • Shannon Ratliff

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July 2026

Seeker, pt. 2

The second installment of my summer short story™

Jul 17 • Shannon Ratliff

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June 2026

Expiration

It’s not all for naught, it will add up to something. You have to believe it. I’ve to believe it. I do! Incredulous as it makes me, I really do.

Jun 14 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 04

You know it until

Jun 7 • Shannon Ratliff

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Blobs & Globs, No. 01

Everything that bubbled up in May.

Jun 1 • Shannon Ratliff

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May 2026

Seeker, pt. 1

I'm launching a short story in four parts this summer.

May 24 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Search for Wonka

Inspired by John McPhee's The Search for Marvin Gardens.

May 17 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Wrist & the Distance

The daughter kept arriving in forms the mother had not been given instructions for.

May 11 • Shannon Ratliff

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Ascension

This place where the skyscrapers grow scales, born from borrowed light bouncing off the tall, spindly walls.

May 4 • Shannon Ratliff

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April 2026

Still

It was April and it was always about to be something else.

Apr 16 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 03

Bats see with their mouths.

Apr 9 • Shannon Ratliff

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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