Beyond grateful to @driftwoodpress and @DeanBakopoulos for seeing the beauty in this story. What a tremendous honor. Congratulations to the finalists whose stories I can’t wait to read. As always, thanks to @rebecca_vanl for her guidance and direction.

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@StanchionZine Done ✔️

Grateful to ⁦@EmergeJournal⁩ for publishing this story. Huge thanks to @rebecca_vanl ⁦@amy_stuber_⁩ and ⁦@SmokeLong⁩ senior editor critique ⁦@JanElmanStout⁩ for helping this story shine.

@EmergeJournal @DianeGotAuthor Honored to be in this journal surrounded by incredible talent. As always @EmergeJournal delivers

@DianeGotAuthor @EmergeJournal So grateful to you and @EmergeJournal

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@angela_joynes Thank you Angela. Means so much 🙏

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@PatriciaBidar @KristinTenor @karjon @gritvanwinkle @OWTK @StanchionZine @amy_stuber_ @JoannaVTheiss @BarlowAdams @laughingyeti You are the best Patricia ❤️

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Book mail! Can’t wait to dive into these. @DeanBakopoulos

To grace these pages of a journal I deeply admire alongside writers like @jadjosey whose work inspired me to write short stories is an honor. Thank you to the hugely talented @rebecca_vanl for helping me guide this story in the right direction. Thank you Jeff @StanchionZine