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Cat Russell shares her life with her high school sweetheart, their son, and other ferocious creatures in the wilds of Ohio while writing short stories, composing poetry, and learning more about the craft every day. Her work has been published in print and online, and she is the author of three books: Soul Picked Clean (March 2019), An Optimist’s Journal of the End of Days and Other Stories (August 2020), and the forthcoming Pinholes: Traveling through the Curtain of the Night (November 2021, Writing Knights Press).

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Cat Russell One of two ways. 1, take a break. Sometimes you need to let the well fill up again so you can draw on it some more. 2, I know this is going to sound s…moreOne of two ways. 1, take a break. Sometimes you need to let the well fill up again so you can draw on it some more. 2, I know this is going to sound snarky but I don't mean it to be: keep writing. It might be something stupid at first like describing the room I'm in or that I'm annoyed I can't think of anything, but if I write long enough eventually something useful will turn up so I can edit out all the rest I had to write to get to that point.(less)
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POEM: “anxiety”

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“anxiety”

silent static background
of staccato screams my
fear and trembling
ingested 
like ice water
swallow
struggle
to hold on to hold it 
in
do

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