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It was in her voice

A Poem by Kristi Brooks

She told me it had been the rain. The sky had opened up and Zeus had seen fit to dump water over her in thick ribbons. I shivered as she t..

I am all things to everyone and nothing to myself

A Poem by Kristi Brooks

I once rode a train down a long tunnel. The black coalescing outside my window into a solid reflection that leaked in through t..

Vision2

A Book by Kristi Brooks

Roger Fulright has led a simple life in Oklahoma, but he�s always known he sat on the verge of something larger. Now, he�..

Chapter 1

A Chapter by Kristi Brooks

The stool tipped as Roger leaned forward and grasped the bathroom counter, pulling his entire body onto its slick Formica surface. He’d scrape..

Chasing Storms

A Story by Kristi Brooks

This is one of my favorite pieces. It was published in Absolute last year and it actually won some award, but that's not why it's my favorite. It's ..

Memory

A Poem by Kristi Brooks

I tried to put you back together— picking up the scattered bits and mashing them down with Elmer’s glue and clear Scotch tape. You..

Lena

A Story by Kristi Brooks

I'm not sure where this story is going. I'm not sure where it came from. All I know is that somehow it has managed to exist.

Smiling Moon

A Poem by Kristi Brooks

The moon is smiling at me like the Cheshire cat in Alice’s upside down wonderland of dreams that meshed together to form so much of the wo..

Language

A Poem by Kristi Brooks

Language through Lips Smooth lips, jiving lips, words that flow like chocolate and make me feel my skin. They make me tingle. Sad lips, p..

Theories

A Story by Kristi Brooks

String Theories (Approximately 2,350 words) There is a scientific theory known as String Theory that claims on a plane of existence smaller tha..