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This story was featured by Mulberry Literary Journal in the Issue IV NOWISE. Established in 2020, Mulberry Literary is an online literary and art magazine dedicated to showcasing boundless creative work in its every form. 

This was how it started. First, she forgot to wash her hair. She reduced the ritual from once a week to once a month, then abandoned the task completely.

She piled her hair high on her head and focused her attention on knotting macramé. On Tuesdays she baked sourdough, using the scoring lame to slice artwork into the top of the dough so each loaf emerged from the oven looking like Jesus.

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This story was featured by Active Muse literary journal in the Winter (Shishir) 2021 collection. Each collection, issued seasonally, features poems and short stories by authors from around the world. 

I shot hoops at the YMCA most summer nights. Swiped my card at the snacks machine. I pretended not to notice that my hair was falling out by then—tight white chunks like lint from the dryer trap. I saw one real big piece float down the court and lost my shit, because parts of me shouldn’t be taken out with the trash despite what ‘Rico says. I wrapped my hair in a scarf, put on a cap and double checked my fingernails to make sure they were clean.

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