
The Crimson Thread presents...
The
Writer's Digest

Our Writer's Digest Winners
Please enjoy this collection of works surrounding the theme of consumption

Poem
By - Autumn Nunnally
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it isn't hunger.
i clamp down, sink
into muscle,
rubber band tendons
pop pop pop,
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Poem
By - Dakota Coyle
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I'm not hungry so I don’t eat
My first not relationship ate too much
And I tried to tell them to stop
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Poem
By - JAX
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As it fills my senses and consumes me
I empty all my heart into the bowl
And I can finally devour the enticing yellow fruit.
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Poem
By - Susannah C. Jozwiak Sewell
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I built you in your formidable absence
In the hushed whisper of your mention behind palms
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Short Story
By - Anthony Chezick
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“Jesus Christ you look awful, how could you let yourself fall this far.”
“We sorry Mr. Fucking Perfect. Not all of us gets to live life on the easy road like you”
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Short Story
By - Emiliano Iniguez-Salgado
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Heart. Heart. Heart. I wondered if his was still alive under the freezing poison of his
curse.
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Short Story
By - Caitlin Sykes
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She moved through life like the sea — a simple fluidity, but with the power to drag you under and leave you crushed against the rocky shore.
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Poem
By - Maria Mendoza
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The ants found their way to the tender flesh
below the footsteps of the forgotten.
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Non-Fiction
By - Jonathan E. Davis
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Perhaps like some Columbus or Captain Cook, I simply need to keep a ship's diary to note down my discoveries...
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Short Story
By - Hayes Keith Davis
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“Mr. Rogers are you trying to make me go bankrupt?”.
“No, sir, Editor Smith ordered me to write that article.”
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