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The Key Confirms a Prison

I don’t always lose my car keys, but every time I do, it feels like I always lose them. I have to go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I…

Aug 4

The Key Confirms a Prison

Aug 4

Ryan Latini

WHY CLARITY TERRIFIES ME AS A WRITER

I envy the writer who conceived of the simple imperative written on the packaging of moist towelettes: “Tear open packet and use.” Kraft’s…

Aug 19

WHY CLARITY TERRIFIES ME AS A WRITER

Aug 19

Ryan Latini

Snakeskin Boots

You sleep facing inward, Fear of a mooring-thick rattle snake Springing from its coil Keeps you from the edge of the bed.

Aug 12

Snakeskin Boots

Aug 12

Ryan Latini

Aristotle and Addiction: The Rhetorical Addict

There are many parallels in Aristotle’s principals of rhetoric and the rhetoric of addiction, addictive thinking, and recovery. Having been…

Aug 9

Aristotle and Addiction: The Rhetorical Addict

Aug 9

Ryan Latini

Writing During Covid-19: 10 Haikus from Quarantine and a Selfish Regret

Hey #WritingCommunity and #ReadingCommunity. Selfishly, I thought quarantine would be a writing Shangri-La. Perhaps, despite the tragedy…

Jul 25, 2020

Writing During Covid-19: 10 Haikus from Quarantine and a Selfish Regret

Jul 25, 2020

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Love Notes for Modest Young Men

Russian blood feuds. Online-dating Organ thieves. I’m thrilled to announce the publication of 7 of my short stories in this single…

Dec 16, 2019

Love Notes for Modest Young Men

Dec 16, 2019

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Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #8; Miss

Daddy’s computer shows where Mommy’s phone goes. It hasn’t moved in three days. He hasn’t told Investigator Wallace.

Sep 25, 2018

Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #8; Miss

Sep 25, 2018

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Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #7: Babysat

Said I’d watch the baby. Found her piggy bank. Sweats. Shivers. Back in twenty. The baby’ll be fine.

Sep 19, 2018

Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #7: Babysat

Sep 19, 2018

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Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #6. THIEF

I punched Jonathan and stole his tooth. I got a dollar from the Tooth Fairy. I like Jonathan.

Sep 12, 2018

Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #6. THIEF

Sep 12, 2018

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Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #5. No, I’m the Man

He-Man was my favorite action figure. He fell in the sewer but bobbed happily. Betrayed, I left him.

Aug 10, 2018

Legal Adult Fiction: Fiction in Just 18 Words #5. No, I’m the Man

Aug 10, 2018

Ryan Latini

Ryan Latini

Teacher. Fiction and Nonfiction Writer. Recovered Knucklehead. Check out my book: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Notes-Modest-Young-Men/dp/1674440057.

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