Wendy Blacke

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  • Creative Writing
    • Short Stories
    • Non-Fiction
  • Journal,  Memoir,  Mental Health,  Thoughts & Musings

    My Relationship With Depression and Creativity

    Wendy Blacke / April 28, 2020 / 4 Comments

    I have PTSD and major depressive disorder. Whether the former is responsible for the latter I may never know, because depression also runs in my family, and so it might have become a…

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  • Creative Writing,  Short Stories

    Room 19

    Wendy Blacke / April 27, 2020 / 0 Comments

    These walls. These familiar walls. Names and dates scrawled over every inch. Geometric patterns scratched anxiously into the light blue paint, mathematical equations he couldn’t understand. This graffiti meant nothing to Allen. It…

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  • photo by Andreea Popah on Unsplash
    Creative Writing,  Non-Fiction,  Thoughts & Musings

    The Waiting Room

    Wendy Blacke / April 27, 2020 / 4 Comments

    Life is a waiting room. We wait. We wait in line. We wait in cars and on buses and planes. We wait for phone calls and mail deliveries. We wait for appointments, promotions,…

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  • Creative Writing,  Non-Fiction,  Thoughts & Musings,  Uncategorized

    Living in the Age of Distractions

    Wendy Blacke / April 27, 2020 / 0 Comments

    We live in a fascinating era. We’re in the age of intangibility, of information, of personal branding. We have apps for everything: finance, social media, productivity, meditation, and travel. We even have apps…

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  • Current Events,  Journal

    Love in the Time of Corona

    Wendy Blacke / April 27, 2020 / 0 Comments

    We’d been hearing about COVID-19 for a few months. I didn’t take it seriously at first. I thought it was another media scare similar to Ebola from several years back, which never even…

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  • Creative Writing,  Short Stories

    Waste

    Wendy Blacke / April 25, 2020 / 1 Comment

    “Nobody’s seen The Smiths for weeks,” Jon told Rich on their walk home from school. “My mom said they moved, but at night I can see blue flickering, like a TV is on…

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  • Creative Writing,  Short Stories

    It’s Just Water

    Wendy Blacke / April 25, 2020 / 1 Comment

    The bombs fell in September. We saw the mushroom clouds blooming on the horizon and ran for the bunker. The air-raid siren wailed like a frightened child, cutting through what had been a…

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  • Creative Writing,  Short Stories

    The Ravine

    Wendy Blacke / April 25, 2020 / 0 Comments

    “I can’t” Laura said. “Yes. You can” Jay replied, “Feel this?” he tugged on her harness “and this?” he knocked on her helmet. “Yes, but-” “But nothing. These keep you safe. I’ll be…

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  • Creative Writing,  Short Stories

    Le Restaurant de l’Homme

    Wendy Blacke / April 25, 2020 / 0 Comments

    James straightened his tie as the limousine stopped out front of the restaurant. Mr. Frank Kravenport, the CEO of Kravenport Industries, surprised them with reservations to some French place where it was impossible…

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