We asked writers from the coming issue of Fiction (Number 65) to share their thoughts about the current crisis and how they are handling it. Their short essays follow.
Janice Deal's Thoughts on the Plague
I’ve spent this long strange year working and writing. With familiar venues for inspiration…
Read moreJohn Fulton's Thoughts on the Plague
My family and I were in Bilbao, Spain when we started to hear news that countries might be closing down.
Read moreKatie Edkins Milligan's Thoughts on the Plague
I was in the hospital last week, for non-COVID reasons, when I had an asthma episode in the middle of the night.
Read moreRobert Garner McBrearty's Thoughts on the Plague
During this pandemic/quarantine, vivid memories have led to several stories and poems.
Read moreAnnette Gilson's Thoughts on the Plague
Everything seems to happen like it's in slow-motion, and the things I feel —frustration, loneliness, anger, fear —all seem distant, like they're behind glass.
Read moreRob Ehle's Thoughts on the Plague
Jack Nicholson . . . has been known to do short haul trips in an odd truck that has a flatbed in front of the cab, and when I was at a warehouse . . . for some reason, and Jack Nicholson appeared…
Read moreJennifer Herman-Kircher's Thoughts on the Plague
March 14, 2020 started as a day much like any other day. My daughter took the bus to school, in suburbia USA. I was on deadline at work. The world held just as many ways to die as it usually did…
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