Barrington Smith

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flash fiction

“My Hulk” published in Altered Reality Magazine

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I wrote a short-short story called “My Hulk” that was posted yesterday in Altered Reality Magazine. Fun! I have a writing / social group that I attend occasionally, and our ten-minute writing warmup consists free-writing from prompts. One of the prompts a few weeks ago was “the hulk is real.” This inspired a few paragraphs … Read more

Words To Drive By — “My Panda”

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EPISODE 4: “My Panda” Feeling stifled by her household and her giant panda, a woman contemplates escape. I brought this story into a writing workshop early in my MFA experience, and the professor hated it. However, other people encouraged me, and “I” liked it, so I polished and submitted it anyway, and it found a home at … Read more