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Kara Bright Kilgore

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Kara Bright Kilgore hails from Savannah, Georgia. Her work has been featured in literary journals such as Break The Spine, Best Fiction Of The Web (UK), Down In The Dirt Magazine, Colored Chalk, Pressure Press Presents, The 11th Hour, and Port Cities Review. Her short piece entitled, “Into The Chemical Air” won second place for best new fiction in the 2007 Georgia Literary Festival. She also read “Edible Red” at the home of Sidney Lanier for the 2010 Crossroads Literary Festival. Her newest piece of short fiction, “New and Sharp, With Many Teeth,” is under contract and will be published by mid 2018. She was recently honored to read it at the Lost Keys Festival a few months ago, a festival that honored her favorite poet, Seaborn Jones.

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“if concealment is the single weapon, then a villain is never a villain; one smiles to the very end.”
― Truman Capote

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“In the eyelid-blue betweenness the wordy sounds of the whiskey-drinkers spilled distantly.”
― Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms

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“Think of nothing things, think of wind.”
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“Always, the path unwinds through lemony sun pools and pitch vine tunnels.”
― Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory

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“Our backs hut from gathering them: how hard they were to find among the concealing leaves, the frosted deceiving grass.”
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Sep 02, 2017 05:09AM

Robin wrote: "Hi Kara. It was lovely of you to add me as a friend. I look forward to reading some of your book reviews. If you want to review any of my books, please let me know :)

Peace and happiness be with y..."

Robin wrote: "Hi Kara. It was lovely of you to add me as a friend. I look forward to reading some of your book reviews. If you want to review any of my books, please let me know :)

Peace and happiness be with y..."

Hi Robin,
Thank you for your kindness. I look forward to reading and reviewing your work. I'm currently editing my GR author page, and I will be adding more full length books soon. In the meantime, If you'd like to review any of the shot fiction I have posted, please let me know.

Thank you for reaching out!

Best regards,
Kara Bright

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message 1: by Robin

Jul 25, 2013 04:26AM

Hi Kara. It was lovely of you to add me as a friend. I look forward to reading some of your book reviews. If you want to review any of my books, please let me know :)

Peace and happiness be with you,