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Hermit Thrush

Hello! My real name is Julia LaFond, and I'm a grad student in Pennsylvania. I enjoy creative writing in my spare time, especially sci-fi and fantasy.

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Creative Nonfiction
 3 min

The BEES

Hermit Thrush

My family liked the campsite at first: plenty of trees, level ground for our tent, a short walk to the bathroom. Though we didn’t like that buzzing sound. We chalked it up to the nearby power lines ...  [+]
Long Story Short Award Fall 2020 - Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
 1 min

Nightfall

Hermit Thrush

As the fading of the sun
Turns the sky a deeper gray,
It’s lurking in the shadows
At the ...  [+]
Long Story Short Award Fall 2020 - Poetry
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Mask

Hermit Thrush

“Nem, come here.” My mother bent down and held out a box. “You’re growing up, so I thought it was time for you to have this.”

I took the package from here and slid the lid off. The hollow eyes ...  [+]
Button Fiction Spring 2019