Anne Louise Pepper

twenty-six — Tiny Molecules

Hey! I haven’t been submitting much lately, but I did get into Tiny Molecules: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/issue...

How To Survive the Apocalypse If you catch a frog, eat its legs. If you’re hungry, eat the rest. It doesn’t matter how cool the frog is—its little balloon eyes, how its skin is alien green, how its neck bulges and smooths, how …

The end of 2024 is upon us! I’ve gotten more active on BlueSky recently; here’s my end of the year pub wrap:

vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

www.thetemzreview.com/pepper.html

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

and

pitheadchapel.com/inferno/

May next year (and the rest of the term) be decent

Inferno Anne Louise Pepper The night my mother asked my father to build a fire, please, he’d snapped a salute and shouted—Yes, sir!—and stomped to the fireplace to screw sheets of newspaper into indignant …

Got one in the most recent edition of Pithead Chapel:

pitheadchapel.com/inferno/

Fortunately, we were a little north of the worst hit spots. We lost power for a few hours, but that was basically it

Whoot!!

The bomb cyclone

Thanks! Nominations are great!

Right on, Josh!

That wonderful click when you come to an understanding with a story, and the heavy thing you’re trying to express slips slightly apart from you, less personal, more alive, and can tell you what it needs

I am! (Waves hand wildly)

I hear you.

I’ve put away my Harris, Biden, and Obama mugs because they make me sad, and all that’s left is this cherry blossom mug—very nice, the blossoms turn red when it’s hot (supposedly), but no one’s fallen in love

Gorgeous!

Appreciating small things—walks in public parks, fresh fruit, dogs, micros, drabbles

A life long dream come true!!

Look at this place! I’m thrilled to be here!!

Very moving!