Counterfactual Thinking SeriesSometimes we find ourselves wishing we had done or said things differently in the moment, running through endless “what ifs” or “if I had only…” thoughts.
This is called counterfactual thinking. That moment you say something dumb to the cashier of your favorite coffee shop and contemplate for hours whether you can ever show your face again. Or when you are confronted with blatant discrimination and the perfect comeback weighs on your mind minutes after everything is already said and done. These pieces consider something that happened, real or make believe, personal or historical, and explored alternative routes and possible endings. |
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Poetry series by Michelle R. Smith Cut Cleanly Poetry by Amanda Hiland Survivor's Guilt Prose by Ubong Johnson A Verdant Upgrade Poetry by Jayanthi Rangan Self-Love: A Magical & Cosmic Reckoning Creative Nonfiction by Jay Aja If You Only Knew... Poetry by Mari-Carmen Marín The Real Rainbow Connection Fiction by Linda McMullen A Past Friend Tells Me to Get a Real Job Poetry by Rahana K. Ismail estrangement Poetry by Sara Kass Eifler Opossum Flash fiction by Zach Murphy You in Barcelona Poetry by Amy Pugsley Tuesday in September Prose by Jennifer Caputo-Seidler Avoiding Destiny, or I'm Not Sure I Made the Right Choices Prose by Kevin Brown September the First Poetry by Dmitry Blizniuk Tending the Weeds Poetry by Damere Lee Because he could no longer howl at the moon... Comic panel by R. Mac Jones Ode to Burning Survival Poetry by Karen Poppy Desolate Photography by Nik James Color It Black Poetry by Ashlyn Kincaid There but for the grace Poetry by Jennifer Caputo-Seidler Distance poetry by John Jajeh Valentine's Day poetry by Tamara Nasution The Mockingbird Prose by Patrick Hare A Moment Not Forgotten poetry by Jonathan Bracker Abstract Portrait Collection art by Hanna Wright Flight of Life poetry by Priya Rajan you are always welcome poetry by Samantha Steiner Don't Choose Your Own Adventure prose by Bryana Lorenzo A Long Way Back prose by Erik Peters |
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