Bent Aspens
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Bent Aspens

Social is not the same thing as connected, but there are parallels. If a creature is capable of thriving amongst its brethren, then what happens when that condition isn’t met?

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The Slow and the Fast
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Slow and the Fast

Slow. I yell it, please slower. The fear is an amoeba sitting on my chest, coating my hands and tongue.

Fast. My descent feels so swift past all the moves I just made, zipping by all the places I thought I couldn’t go higher.

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Bisons & Bullets
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Bisons & Bullets

On a hill on an island with fewer than two hundred people on it, there was a sculpture of a bison with holes in it.

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