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Keep The Home Fires Burning

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Doris von Tettenborn

Audrey: I wonder what’s going on?
Calliope: She didn’t say much, just wanted to meet us at the campfire.

Audrey bends over, lights the paper they’ve piled under the kindling.
Calliope claps: I love fire.
Audrey, side eyes her: I’m not sure you want to say that out loud!

They were still laughing when Grace and Doris walked up to the crackling flames.… Continue reading →

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The Story Spirals Back

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Doris von Tettenborn
Image by Ross Vogt

I have been working on Audrey’s story for months.

I mentioned before that I thought it might be autofiction.

Nope. It slid all the way into mythical, mystical slipstream,
with brutal bits woven through.

The story was intended to be braided with myth and fear, hope and time,
memory lapses and loops, and soft humor and fairy tale fugues
to give Audrey time to heal enough to go on.… Continue reading →

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