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Long Arms

May 13, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

I am honored to have a prose poem in the gorgeous Mother's Day edition of Cease, Cows. It's titled "Long Arms." Happy Mother's Day to all the moms who struggle like I do to keep way too many balls up in the air. We may not be perfect moms, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Cease Cows, Mother's Day, Motherhood, poem, prose poetry

La Rabida Heart Sanitarium, 1954

April 10, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

I am so grateful to Sonora Review for publishing my story, "La Rabida Heart Sanitarium, 1954." The piece is based on my mother's experience with rheumatic fever, which she contracted in the first grade. She spent most of the school year hospitalized. The hearts of children with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Fiction, flash fiction, heart disease, La Rabida, Rheumatic Fever, Sonora Review

Wheels and Bushings

March 15, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

Gulf Coast has published my flash fiction, "Wheels and Bushings," and I could not be more thankful. It is a story that has been brewing in my mind for years. Whenever I visited my grandparents' apartment as a child, I slept on the couch in their living room, right under a very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alzheimers, clocks, Fiction, flash fiction, Gulf Coast, memory loss

Letting Go

February 28, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

My latest piece, Letting Go, was published in the February issue of Pithead Chapel. I started this story at peak mom stress. Many competing obligations and no time to write during the Kathy Fish Fast Flash Workshop reunion. I hesitated to submit it to literary magazines because I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Latest Post Tagged With: Doritos, Grace Paley, Letting Go, Motherhood, Pithead Chapel

Love Letter from a Flash Fiction Editor

January 2, 2018 By Maureen Langloss

To celebrate the new year, I wrote a love letter to the authors I worked with in 2017 at Split Lip Magazine. In this post, I attempt to describe the surprisingly emotional experience I had editing the short fiction of our amazing writers, as well as to honor flash fiction as a … [Read more...]

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Closup of a violin with bow over strings and hand holding the neck. Bracelets on the white arm.

In the Bee-Loud Glade

I’m adding a new layer to my writing practice and wondered if you want to try it with me. You don’t have to be a writer to do this daily exercise. It will be meaningful to non-writers too, especially right now. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, since before my mom […]

Featured Work

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The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp

I have a new story, “The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp,” in Wigleaf today. Wigleaf is one of my very favorite literary magazines; it is a place I go when I need to read something that resonates deeply. I hope my piece resonates in some way with you. I’m grateful to Scott Garson for his smart […]

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