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Short Story: The Mistress’s Quilt (2023)

Better late than never, right? So this short story was inspired by the narrative quilts of Harriet Powers, the prompt for The Kick-About No.68. I wasn’t able to complete the story by the original submission deadline and have been working away on it since. Thematically, it takes the idea of patchworks to express composite identities…

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Better late than never, right? So this short story was inspired by the narrative quilts of Harriet Powers, the prompt for The Kick-About No.68. I wasn’t able to complete the story by the original submission deadline and have been working away on it since. Thematically, it takes the idea of patchworks to express composite identities and their complexities and the idea of individuals and their emotional lives comprising contrary shades and textures.

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2 responses to “Short Story: The Mistress’s Quilt (2023)”

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    memadtwo

    Gripping. There is great power in thread and needle. (K)

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    1. philgomm Avatar
      philgomm

      Thanks very much, Kerfe.

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