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Vivian McInerny
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Whole Hole Story
Whole Hole Story

An inventive child discovers a hole in her pocket and imagines its many possibilities in this picture book.

2021

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Kenneth Kit Lamug, et al.
Kenneth Kit Lamug, Vivian McInerny

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Human Parts

·Sep 2

Good Men Make Great Fathers

Act how you wish to be remembered Memories of my dad appear randomly in my brain like a documentary film run by a jumpy projectionist. I’m convinced I am incapable of misremembering him, anymore than an echo could repeat words never spoken. Others’ memories may contradict my own. Still, mine…

Love

4 min read

Good Men Make Great Fathers
Good Men Make Great Fathers
Love

4 min read


Aug 28

Gold Star Pin

On her shoulder, a gold and purple pin, unimpressive in its size. A wreath of laurel holds within a small gold star, unnoticed by most eyes The decorated generals praise skills of killers and machines designed for death And in their next breath, declare peace and prosperity for their once…

Poetry

1 min read

Gold Star Pin
Gold Star Pin
Poetry

1 min read


Aug 8

The Unintentional Teacher

A chance encounter in India leaves a lifelong impression She drifted from one cluster of travelers to the next, like a dandelion seed on the wind. We stood in front of the post office, or maybe it was a visa office, some public space in New Delhi, India where backpackers…

Lessons Learned

3 min read

The Unintentional Teacher
The Unintentional Teacher
Lessons Learned

3 min read


Jul 14

Wild in Love

You hold up the wall with your lean back, and a grin that says, I know how good I look here in the dim gray dusk, slim and hale and raw, hat brim bent low. The full head tilt. And that gaze, true as a stag in the wild, but…

Poets Unlimited

1 min read

Wild in Love
Wild in Love
Poets Unlimited

1 min read


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Real

·Jul 11

The Mini Mini

A short story about a short skirt Is it still possible for fashion to shock? I was young and leggy when hemlines rose and jaws dropped. Those first miniskirts seemed daring, even revolutionary. Miniskirts represented a fresh attitude, an out-with-the-old and in-with-the-new way of thinking on full display by a…

Fashion

3 min read

The Mini Mini
The Mini Mini
Fashion

3 min read


Jul 6

Interview with an Author

Q&A Q. Why did you start writing? A. I felt I had something to say. When I look at the novels that have stuck with me for decades, the common thread is that the characters grapple with ethical conundrums. Nick in Gatsby, Scout in Mockingbird, Holden in Catcher, Pip in…

Interview

5 min read

Interview with an Author
Interview with an Author
Interview

5 min read


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Tell Your Story

·Jul 1

Blood Chit Brother

A precious bit of printed fabric links us It’s a simple piece of fabric, sheer and wispy like silk, but maybe not silk. Printed near the top is an American flag. Below is this promise written in fourteen languages: I am a citizen of the United States of America. I…

Vietnam

5 min read

Blood Chit Brother
Blood Chit Brother
Vietnam

5 min read


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Human Parts

·Jun 6

Taming My Monsters

Time turns ugly demons into tolerable imps I was a teenage monster. Maybe I didn’t turn into a horror movie werewolf or a blood-sucking vampire, but I was not an easy teen to parent. To be honest, I don’t think my mother had the chops to handle her role as…

Humor

4 min read

Taming My Monsters
Taming My Monsters
Humor

4 min read


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Human Parts

·May 17

Meditation and Me, Me, Me

A funny thing happened on the way to enlightenment — I really should be enlightened by now. Some people envisioned their future with flying cars. I pictured not a car but my body flying or, more accurately, levitating. Nothing fancy, just a modest hover. Enlightenment would make me humble that way. Alas, I have failed to float so much as…

Meditation

3 min read

Meditation and Me, Me, Me
Meditation and Me, Me, Me
Meditation

3 min read


May 10

A Murder of Crows

Short story first published in Dunes Review, republished by FreshInk app Francie had an affinity with animals. As an infant, she rarely cried when she woke but lay quietly in her crib taking in the antics of our old hound as he tracked smells, real and imagined, through the nursery…

11 min read

A Murder of Crows
A Murder of Crows

11 min read

Vivian McInerny

Vivian McInerny

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