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"Dumb Idols" by Hillary Stirling
Frankincense and tobacco – a sweet scent and a bitter fume – the mingled offerings of earthen gods. Baal. Dagon. Isis. Athena. They all...
Cecelia Proffit
May 17, 20134 min read
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"The Accidental Jaywalker" by Ben Crowder
I accidentally jaywalked today I didn’t mean to I was thinking about tithing Okay, I wasn’t thinking about tithing There was a girl A...
Cecelia Proffit
May 16, 20131 min read
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"Celestial Terms" by Sarah Dunster
You love me in algebra— D + d = L to the Nth degree, and I love you in quarter notes— a fierce appoggiatura and a soft, high C. We loved...
Cecelia Proffit
May 16, 20131 min read
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"Regimen" by Scott Hales
Two weeks before the pool party, Wyler began a strength training regimen. For fifteen minutes every other day, he did twenty-five stomach...
Cecelia Proffit
May 14, 20134 min read
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"Actionable Intelligence" by Jonathon Penny
You revolve around the sun, and not the other way around. Stoves are often hot. Knives are often sharp. Animals have teeth and claws,...
Cecelia Proffit
May 14, 20132 min read
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Lit Blitz Winner
Thanks first to our thirteen wonderful finalists–and for you readers, who contributed to the more than 10,000 views of their pieces....
Liz Busby
Mar 16, 20121 min read
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Lit Blitz Voting Instructions
We have loved sharing the work of all thirteen finalists. But we only have one Grand Prize. The winner of the Mormon Lit Blitz will be...
Liz Busby
Feb 29, 20121 min read
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"Red Rock" by Marianne Hales Harding
You can’t take a picture of this. No matter the angle, the pictures are just rocks, sky, water. Nothing stirs in me when I look at them....
Liz Busby
Feb 28, 20121 min read
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"Babel" by Jonathon Penny
At the moment the languages were confounded, I was bent over a parchment, trying to ignore the sounds of construction that by then filled...
Liz Busby
Feb 26, 20124 min read
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"The Gloaming" by Kerry Spencer
I’ve been spending a lot of time in hospitals lately. And the thing about hospitals is that they make you think a lot about cycles of...
Liz Busby
Feb 24, 20124 min read
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