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Jer Long
Dec 3, 2023
Uncle Mona
I envisioned Uncle Mona’s wiry chin hairs pressed flat against the champagne satin lining of her casket when I tossed the ball of red...
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Jer Long
Sep 24, 2023
Killing Me Softly With His Song
As published by the Virginia Writer's Club in their 2023 Journal. “Wow!” The roof deck of Jimmy and Tom’s Victorian rowhouse offered a...
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Jer Long
Sep 24, 2023
Shirley T. and Me
As published by The Gay & Lesbian Review on January 18, 2023. Gay men are obsessed with their mothers. We discuss, analyze, criticize,...
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Jer Long
Dec 1, 2022
Out & About
“Out!” the youngish woman yelled at a man as I entered the shop. “Out!” The man, stout, slightly grungy with an immaculately trimmed...
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Jer Long
Oct 19, 2022
Surrender to the Light
To grieve is to analyze, fret over, and regret the things you wished had happened and the future that will never be. When my brother...
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Jer Long
Oct 18, 2022
Tea Time
I must have been three or four when Grandma bought me the Black Cat Tea Set. An unusual gift for a boy in nineteen-sixty-two, it was,...
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Jer Long
Oct 15, 2022
Longing for Lansbury
Angela Lansbury’s fan base crossed generations on family trees around the globe. Her vast talent branched out in my directions, each...
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