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Counterfactual Thinking Series


​Sometimes 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.

Latest pieces

Stay tuned for new Refractions every Monday!

escapist daydream
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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