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Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words. Five minutes is edited by Susanna Baird, with editorial support from managing editor Maria s. picone, newsletter editor kate meen, and founding reader bobbi lerman, plus our rotating team of guest readers, who you can meet in the latest newsletteR. Five Minutes was founded in October 2020, with the Salem (Mass.)-based writing group Carrot Cake Writers supplying the journal’s first pieces. We’d love to read your five. Submit here.

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Aug 15
Aug 15 Mistaken

Sarah Nicholson

It only happened once and even in his locked-up world he appeared to immediately realize his mistake.

Jul 21
Jul 21 For a Moment

I’m helping Jessie cook chicken in the wok. It’s cold outside, but warm in here.