The beginning the end the beginning the end theThe 14 pieces in my debut chapbook from Bottlecap Press explore themes of change, nostalgia and the cyclical nature of life.2023
Rachel Abbey McCafferty
Rachel Abbey McCafferty has been writing since she first learned that was a thing people could do. Her favorite questions are "what if" and "why."
OH, United States
Chapbooks
Selected work (8 publications)
Calculate for the sum of it allIf X equals the doors you left open and Y equals the doors that shut themselves, solve for Z where Z equals the lives you regret not living.
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Ghosts of the MundaneThe office bathroom
Picture this: you’re in the bathroom, trying to rinse off your hands, but the automatic faucet won’t acknowledge your existence.
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Setting: Everywhere and nowhere, all at onceThe first sign had been taped to the garage door of the blue house with white shutters. It was crisp at first, big black letters on white paper, but the sun soon rendered it faded and soft and yellow, tender as its message.
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an ear, a heart, a life a life a lifeHer best friend in fourth grade had her left pinky; her high school boyfriend her right earlobe. She had given her husband her right kidney and taken his left kneecap; her sister had hers.
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