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    An Ode to Mount Jumbo
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jan 5
    • 4 min

    An Ode to Mount Jumbo

    By Gillian Kessler: I had to say goodbye to a precious friend yesterday. Over the past nine months of this insane pandemic, he’s been my ...
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    Little Timmy
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 10 min

    Little Timmy

    By Tim Murphy: I have had a brush with the police. In the spirit of full disclosure, I have had two of them—three if you count the fire i...
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    Thank You
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Thank You

    By Jillian McWhirter: It’s that time of year, the month of November: A time of being thankful. A time to look within. Although, I think m...
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    A KIND OF MAGIC: MAKING THE ORIGINAL HIGHLANDER—Interview with Jonathan Melville
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 7 min

    A KIND OF MAGIC: MAKING THE ORIGINAL HIGHLANDER—Interview with Jonathan Melville

    By Flapper Press: More than 35 years later, the Highlander franchise continues to engender a fanbase of outspoken loyalists and nostalgic...
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    Interview with Author Helen Cassidy Page
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 8 min

    Interview with Author Helen Cassidy Page

    By Elizabeth Gracen: I've know Helen Cassidy Page for many years now, and I am totally in debt to her for supporting and guiding me throu...
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    Opinion: Be A Voice For Unity
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Opinion: Be A Voice For Unity

    By Shan O'Connor: As we say goodbye to the summer of 2020 and welcome the start of autumn on September 22nd, I find myself struggling wit...
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    Looking For Miss America—Interview with Margot Mifflin
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 7 min

    Looking For Miss America—Interview with Margot Mifflin

    By Elizabeth Gracen: Miss America turns 100 next year. As a former Miss A, it is hard to believe that I am actually part of an iconic org...
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    On Grief, Burritos, and Teaching in a Masked World
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 8 min

    On Grief, Burritos, and Teaching in a Masked World

    By Gillian Kessler: I had a dream last night. I walked into my house, and you exclaimed, “My girl!” I rushed to you and put my arms aroun...
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    America’s Animation Studio: The Story of Filmation
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 10, 2020
    • 5 min

    America’s Animation Studio: The Story of Filmation

    By John C. Alsedek: I was a strange kid. When most of my peers were watching cartoons on Saturday mornings, I was engrossed in old horror...
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    Life Is Simple, We Make It Hard
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Life Is Simple, We Make It Hard

    By Brandon Alter: I don’t think it was ever designed to be this complicated. The river was for swimming in and drinking from. It washed o...
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    Kintsukuroi
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Kintsukuroi

    By Shan O'Connor: As this year continues on, many of us are feeling the heavy weight of depression as this COVID-19 pandemic drags on and...
    42 views0 comments
    Love At First Sight
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Love At First Sight

    By Jillian McWhirter: Do you believe in love at first sight? Is it just for kids and puppy-dog love or does love at first sight actually ...
    247 views0 comments
    The Conditional—Poems for the Future Unknown
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Conditional—Poems for the Future Unknown

    By Gillian Kessler: Poet Ada Limón seems to come to me in times of need again and again. When my mama was dying, Limón’s most recent coll...
    39 views1 comment
    Remember September 11
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    Remember September 11

    By Tim Murphy: It has been 19 years since the September 11 attack where 2,996 people were killed. I knew one of them, and I knew of anoth...
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    More Stuff You Want to Know About Venice (But Didn't Know You Wanted to Know)
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 5 min

    More Stuff You Want to Know About Venice (But Didn't Know You Wanted to Know)

    By Ken Gord: I know exactly what you’re dying to ask. Go ahead. You want to know how many pounds I’ve gained since holed up here in Venic...
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    Art Gowns: Empress D'Amore—A Cheeky Fairytale
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Art Gowns: Empress D'Amore—A Cheeky Fairytale

    By Resa McConaghy: Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl named Virginia who lived in the Empire D’Amore. Unfortunately, she w...
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    Our Permanent Record
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Aug 14, 2020
    • 13 min

    Our Permanent Record

    By Tim Murphy: One summer day back in 5th or 6th grade, the Rohrer boys and I decided to go see our buddy, Billy Guilfoyle. It was mid to...
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    Introducing Po-Art: Part 3
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jul 30, 2020
    • 9 min

    Introducing Po-Art: Part 3

    By Annie Newcomer: Po-Art represents the angel who takes us to the bus stop, waits patiently, and then hops the bus with us on a journey ...
    103 views0 comments
    Free Plumbing For Life
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 10 min

    Free Plumbing For Life

    By Bill Collins: Patricia B. was the type of client that I called "normal"—no criminal record, in her forties, and the manager and owner ...
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    So They May Wipe Their Brow and Know They're Not Alone
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    So They May Wipe Their Brow and Know They're Not Alone

    By Grace KA Brewer: It’s insane how fast life begins and ends. It wasn’t even death—just some weird matter of fate—that led us all to thi...
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