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Michael Lockett

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Michael Lockett has a B.A. in Communication from Clarion University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Carlow University. He’s a lover of the short story and inspired by the works of Breece D’J Pancake, Lewis Nordan, and Katherine Mansfield. His stories are published in the Northern Appalachian Review, Prometheus Dreaming, Twisted Vine, Hive Avenue, Taint Taint Taint, Matthew's Place through the Matthew Shepard Foundation, History Through Fiction, and Quarter Press. He's a 2022 nominee for the James Baldwin Literary Award. He love's the adjectives Pentecostal and Queer. His debut collection of short stories titled In the Cut is published through Sunbury's Catamount Press. He’s a former Peace Corps volunteer who served in Mauritania, West A ...more

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In the Cut by Michael Lockett
“It feels lonely, left out in the cold. I long for the caw of crows in the treetops, a snap of a doe in the brush, a squirrel barking on a high branch to claim his turf. But nothing stirs. Nature’s no fool, I think. Not like man out here. But, then again, I reckon man’s the only creature to bury his own.”
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In the Cut by Michael Lockett
“...She had a body running at warp speed with a brain chugging along at a putter.”
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“It feels lonely, left out in the cold. I
long for the caw of crows in the treetops, a snap of a doe in the brush, a
squirrel barking on a high branch to claim his turf. But nothing stirs. Nature’s
no fool, I think. Not like man out here. But, then again, I reckon man’s the only creature to bury his own.”
Michael Lockett, In the Cut

“It feels lonely, left out in the cold. I long for the caw of crows in the treetops, a snap of a doe in the brush, a squirrel barking on a high branch to claim his turf. But nothing stirs. Nature’s no fool, I think. Not like man out here. But, then again, I reckon man’s the only creature to bury his own.”
Michael Lockett, In the Cut

“It feels lonely, left out in the cold. I
long for the caw of crows in the treetops, a snap of a doe in the brush, a squirrel barking on a high branch to claim his turf. But nothing stirs. Nature’s no fool, I think. Not like man out here. But, then again, I reckon man’s the only creature to bury his own.”
Michael Lockett

“This old Appalachia is like a big Noah's ark. I'd rather be on the inside looking out, than on the outside looking in.”
Michael Lockett

“...She had a body running at warp speed with a brain chugging along at a putter.”
Michael Lockett, In the Cut

“It feels lonely, left out in the cold. I long for the caw of crows in the treetops, a snap of a doe in the brush, a squirrel barking on a high branch to claim his turf. But nothing stirs. Nature’s no fool, I think. Not like man out here. But, then again, I reckon man’s the only creature to bury his own.”
Michael Lockett, In the Cut

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