Read Kirie Pedersen’s latest published story Getting a Life–Coming of Age with Killers in Under the Sun, an online national literary journal exclusively dedicated to the publication of creative non-fiction. …
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“Jana drove along the mostly clear highway past decaying Scotch broom, Douglas fir twisted into grotesque shapes, and endless acres of car lots. She was familiar enough with the glance Ruth’s …
In A Dark Time “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” Theodore Roethke A message from the editor of Magnolia Review: I grew up with a magnolia tree …
Kirie’s new story, “Bird Blind,” appears in Mount Hope, published bi-annually by the Roger Williams University Department of English and Creative Writing. Excerpt: “When I built my cabin on the …
I stopped drinking in Seattle when I was twenty-two. I went to a young people’s gathering, and the people sitting around the table were my age or younger. “I’m an …
“Everything is Yours, Everything is Not Yours” is a personal essay by Clemantine Wamariya, written with Elizabeth Weil. At six, Wamariya barely escaped the Rwandan genocide. For seven years, she and …
When I was 15, I was having a bit of a problem with drugs. I overdosed and almost died. My mother attempted rehab by sending me to a home nursing …
Coterminous Lives Kirie C. Pedersen “Coterminous lives plotted on parallel lines and projected back into the past might be said to have come together.” On the November day it all …
Kirie’s new story “Taking the Edge” Off appears in Lunch Ticket. Lunch Ticket balances cutting edge literary and visual art with conversations about social justice and community activism. The name Lunch Ticket respects …
MOLLY ROSE PEDERSEN August 10, 2000 – September 26, 2015 Many of you have been asking about Molly, who lived five years past the average age for collie survival. When …
See an excerpt from Kirie Pedersen’s new story “The Executioners,” nominated for Million Writers Award, in Eclectica: “I almost didn’t work on the Exxon Valdez clean-up because I don’t like …
Kirie’s latest story “Vegetables” has been published in Agave Magazine, a stunning online and print literature, art and photography magazine. Excerpt from the story below. Kirie’s story is on pgs …
Excerpt from Kirie’s story in hack writers: “What about marriage?” Helen asked. “What about it?” “For all the fuck-ups in my life, I finally met someone,” Helen said. “Eighth time’s …
Read "A Perfect Day for Chanterelles" by Kirie Pedersen in The Great American Literary Magazine.
Read Kirie Pedersen's latest story "Autobiography of a Day," in superstition [review].
First Cancer Then The True Self, a new flash fiction by Kirie Pedersen in Apocrypha Abstractions.
Read "Giving Blood," a new story by Kirie Pedersen in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine.
Read Kirie Pedersen's new short story "Hawk Strike, with Feathers," in the latest issue of juked.