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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.

All tagged worry

Apr 21
Apr 21 Pushback

I saw a couple heatedly arguing at the edge of the road in front of a tucked-away apartment complex, and then he pushed her into the road and moved back towards her.

Apr 11
Apr 11 A Party

M. Roanoke

A boy dressed as a robot is sitting next to a fairy.

Apr 21 Apr 21 Pushback

Apr 11 Apr 11 A Party

Apr 21
Apr 21 Pushback

Apr 11
Apr 11 A Party