Katherine Quevedo | Until It Has Your Reflection

Katherine Quevedo | Until It Has Your Reflection

Author: Adamant Press January 18, 2023 Duration: 20:11
I hold the crayon to the mirror, ready to swipe it across my reflection’s neck just as my husband, Tomas, instructed. Make a quick horizontal line, then break the crayon against the glass. Snap it like you would your reflection’s neck. I’ve chosen the shade closest to my skin tone because it feels fitting for the occasion, the brown that I’d had to explain to our kindergartener was not “the skin color” crayon. Not everyone has skin as dark as ours, and some have darker. I imagine similar conversations in other households, about other crayons. ©2023 by Katherine Quevedo. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE - Horror and Dark Fantasy Story Podcast (Audiobook | Short Stories)
Podcast Episodes
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Duration: 41:12
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J. Choe | The Girls That Follow [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:45
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Nuzo Onoh - Oyili [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:03
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Adam R. Shannon | First in Fear and Then in Pain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:46
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Isha Karki | Sell Your Trauma for Salvation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:59
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Neal Auch | and its place remembers it no more [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:19
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Ozzie M. Gartrell | The Seconds Between Light and Sound [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:48
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Elena Sichrovsky | Goodnight Virginia Bluebells [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:16
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Keith Rosson | Primal Slap [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:44
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James Tatam | Jumper [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:02
The Rampart Hotel towered into the sky. It was hard to believe the building was once considered the flagship symbol for a new boom in southeast tourism---a boom that lasted as long as these things usually do. Now it was…