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Reflections & Short Fiction
These pieces are not meant to resolve or instruct. They exist to linger, to sit inside moments shaped by restraint, distance, and the quiet pull of memory. Here you’ll find Gretchen Astro Turner blog where short stories and reflections that move through what remains after endings, what is almost said, and what continues beneath the surface long after a moment has passed.
Project Hail Mary & District 9: 5 stars & 0 stars
“Amaze, amaze!” Holy dear God, if you haven’t seen Project Hail Mary yet, I don’t say this easily or lightly, but I have just placed it as number one favorite
The Cell
The Cell Short Story directed by Tarsem Singh (big-screen debut) Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Vince Vaughn, Jake Weber, James Gammon Perhaps viewing intestines get reeled out of a live
Your Piss Is My Chardonnay
Your piss is my chardonnayYour French Kiss became my graveYou loved my misbehaviorAnd I know you hate to leave But I don’t see you stopping your go-go goingAnd you’re going
G-Force Cartoon Closures
G-Force Cartoon Closures I guess this flatline … is for me to skate away onAnd now I need a spacesuit in my home because it’s suddenly somewhere in outer
A Box of No-Feelings
A Box of No-Feelingsby Gretchen Astro Turner It’s Christmas eve. Snow has lampshaded neighbors’ trees. Trees are Candyland cotton-tufted lollipops strung with colored lights. Squirty pricks of saltwater taffy tones throw star-shaped lances
