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Mel Rie
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“Work” is Everything and Nothing

It’s exhaustingly hot in Denver and the wind sweeping through Red Rocks feels gorgeous. We’re sitting between the giant sandstone walls of the concert venue as the sun is setting, watching the stage down below. City lights glitter in the distance. The opening act, singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs, is brilliant; it’s…

Mwc Work

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“Work” is Everything and Nothing
“Work” is Everything and Nothing
Mwc Work

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Published in P.S. I Love You

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Journey

A story about solitude, strength, and a sheepdog — Unraveling over the past year, caught between dread and joy in a world careening, I decide to choose my own isolation and give the mountains a try. I wake up in a studio apartment above a white garage. Ambling farmland stretches endlessly in one direction and in the other the…

Essay

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Journey
Journey
Essay

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Published in The Junction

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The Night Market

Nighttime is a kaleidoscope, catching and throwing flashes of movement, of smiles over coins changing hands, of iridescent lilac-gold. The heat is a live thing emboldened by the hour and spiced air presses heavy against skin and hair and clothes. The market tears apart the night in radiance. Silk scarves…

Life

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The Night Market
The Night Market
Life

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Published in Snapshots in Time

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The Woman I Met In My Dream

I had fallen into a deep sleep the night I met her. She sat at a high-top table, swinging her legs while staring at a laptop screen. I moved forward hesitantly and she looked up and smiled. I had never seen her before, but a rushing sense of familiarity overtook…

Short Story

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The Woman I Met In My Dream
The Woman I Met In My Dream
Short Story

9 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Oct 2, 2022

Why is Late Summer So Magical?

Memories of childhood and the golden August sun — There is no specific date signifying late summer’s arrival; the shift is just a feeling. I think Midwesterners like myself have a natural talent for picking up on those slight, nearly imperceptible changes in the weather. We know a storm is coming or snow is on the way by the…

Life

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Why is Late Summer So Magical?
Why is Late Summer So Magical?
Life

4 min read


Published in Lit Up

·Jun 29, 2022

Little Golden Light

Lit Up Summer Holiday Prompt — Fingers of light stretch from a horizon line bathed in soft pink and orange, little tendrils of golden sun reaching to find their way into the room and across crumpled sheets, spilling sweetly onto his cheeks and eyelashes. …

Love

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Little Golden Light
Little Golden Light
Love

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Apr 20, 2022

What it’s Like to Accept Love from a Good Man

We’re sitting on the floor in a rented house somewhere north, near a half-frozen lake, blankets thrown over our shoulders and hot mugs of tea steaming between our hands. The paneling in the room is white. Through fogged-up windows I can see a light snow falling, covering the trees and…

Love

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What it’s Like to Accept Love from a Good Man
What it’s Like to Accept Love from a Good Man
Love

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Jan 30, 2022

Women Led by Love and Steel

I come from a line of women made of half love and half steel, though at first glance you wouldn’t know the steel is there. We’re trick mirrors, the women in this family. You don’t know what you’re seeing. My mother, sister, and I were made to recognize this piece…

Self

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Women Led by Love and Steel
Women Led by Love and Steel
Self

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Aug 20, 2021

When Love is Made Up of Traumas, Endings, and a Thousand Tiny Connections

Reentering love in multitudes — When I first found myself in the same room as him it was January of 2020 and we were at a mutual friend’s wedding. My world was unfolding again after a breakup, all big and bright and beautiful after freeing myself from the squeezing hurt of being treated badly in…

Mwc Reentry

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When Love is Made Up of Traumas, Endings, and a Thousand Tiny Connections
When Love is Made Up of Traumas, Endings, and a Thousand Tiny Connections
Mwc Reentry

9 min read


Published in Lit Up

·Jul 30, 2021

Mother, Daughter; Sister, Sister

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Family

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Mother, Daughter; Sister, Sister
Mother, Daughter; Sister, Sister
Family

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Photo by Milos Tonchevski on Unsplash

Mother, Daughter; Sister, Sister

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