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The Word as Lens Week 32
The Word as Lens
Welcome to another edition of The Word as Lens, where a single word becomes a doorway into many different worlds.
This week, our writers began with Unmoor, a word that marks the moment something once held in place bec...
The FBI Is Investigating My Substack
The FBI Is Investigating My Substack
Case File One: The Witnesses
This is a work of participatory fiction. The investigation is fictional. The witnesses are real members of the Layers of Shimmer community, and portions of their ac...
I Only Came Here to Write
I Only Came Here to Write
I only came here just to write,
with modest plans for every night.
A poem here, an essay there,
and fiction when I chose to dare.
Then someone wandered through a Note,
and someone else admired a quote...
The Fire
The Fire
First Voice • Fragment XI
An imagined oral tradition inspired by the ancient landscapes of western Mexico.
What survives the night may belong to the morning.
Before sunrise reached the valley, the mountains stood blue-bla...
Sorrel Ashwick: Chapter 31
New to the story? You can access all previous chapters here:
The Sorrel Story Gate
Chapter Thirty-One: The Gathering
The first thing Sorrel tasted was metal. She woke with it beneath her tongue while another sensation pr...
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Poetry, fiction, personal essays, dark tales, unexpected humor, and the stories we carry. Layers is a literary community built on curiosity, connection, and the belief that every story has another layer.
Trying to understand life through books. Essays on literature, power, longing, morality, and the stories that shape us. Also, an aspiring fantasy author.
English teacher and journalist telling stories that connect women across generations, bringing understanding and humor even to painful truths. The Ozarks is the setting for many of them.
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