Victoria Moten

Prose

Morpho

Part I Ovum  Vanessa loved summers at Big Mama’s. It took her sixteen hours on the Greyhound to get to the tiny town of Union

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Book

Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic is creepy crawly good. The story creeps along hiding in the shadows, possessing its victims. The ghost (haze) revealed itself as something that

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Poem

Catching Fire(flies)

Standing on top of thecityman in the moondon’t slam my frontdoorchasing us with theStreet lights snap onlike fireflieson a June night.

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Currently

The Good Place

My favorite forkin’ philosophical comedy. This show takes a look at morality from different angles which include philosophy, theology, and quantum mechanics.  Ambiguity: Ethnically ambiguous

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Prose

Ibeyi

The clock on the nightstand was a blur behind Gail’s dry contact lens. She felt the heavy foundation smearing the pillow. It wasn’t hers. That’s

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Currently

Seigfried

I’ve been binge listening to “Blond” lately, especially this song (“Nights” too). This introspection is rare and the beats are juicy and delicious. I mean

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Poem

Born on a Cusp

I always imagedthat one dayMy maternal instinctswould kick in, and(my wanderlustwould fade away, and)I wouldbe content withfrosting cupcakesfor my kid’s class(staying putin one place)because it

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