Tag: stories
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On Accidentally Renting a Queer Awakening On VHS & Growing Up in Rural Maine:

I accidentally rented my queer awakening on VHS at the one-stop and watched it with my mother… …I was a stoic possum in a dumpster, praying not to be seen.
Chelsea Carolyn
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Milford Dispatches No. 8 – Take Me Out to the Concert

Holy Trinity is having their annual Christmas choir concert. Tommy’s grudge against the Reverend Mother turns into one of the most memorable Christmas concerts to date.
Chelsea Carolyn
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Jazz Mallone and the Case of the Missing Glassware

Monday, September 15, 2024. She stormed in like a woman on a mission. Because she was. Mik rarely left her office, but our last waiter quit yesterday, and that meant Mik was stuck waiting tables today. Third waiter this year. Mik was the thirty-something 5’9” Fourth Wall manager with green hair, septum ring, and death’s…
Chelsea Carolyn
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Milford Dispatches No. 6 – A Triptych of Intimacy

Somewhat more serious than my others. Still comical with a little mischief. Evelynna navigates intimacy in three facets of life, the Chicago Bears win the game, and the DeLancys attend Sunday Mass. Part 1 – The Wash “Evelynna, does your husband ever wash his own laundry?” Isadora inquired. She stood behind a checkered ironing board…
Chelsea Carolyn
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Dispatch No. 5 — The Spy
Part 1 – Inspiration The oven timer clattered. Evelynna DeLancy, wearing a black cocktail dress and a white apron, splattered like a Jackson Pollock canvas, rushed to slide a golden glistening chicken out of the oven followed by six steamy whole potatoes. She got to work carving and stuffing the jackets with sour cream and…
Chelsea Carolyn
