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Mary
@maryjulia.bsky.social
Writer with work in Best Small Fictions, word west revue, Bending Genres, Gone Lawn, HAD, Identity Theory & elsewhere
In October, my story “Sick, Dying, Dead” came out in Bending Genres. I’ve been thinking about it during this end of year reflective time.
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Sick, Dying, Dead
bendinggenres.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM
In January, I started the first draft of a novel about grief, karaoke, and country music. It’s showing on my Spotify wrapped!
December 4, 2024 at 7:10 PM
This story, The Internet’s Predicting the End Times Again, feels as timely as ever and was published in issue 48 of Gone Lawn gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Gone Lawn 48 : Mary DeCarlo
gonelawn.net
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 AM
This story, You’d Think Someone Would Reach Out, was published in Identity Theory.
“I’ll ask her if she had trouble with the language barrier, not speaking French and all. ‘First of all,’ she’ll say, ‘they speak Provençal.’ And I’ll hate myself.”

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You’d Think Someone Would Reach Out - Identity Theory
I’ve lost three best friends in my life.
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November 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
This story, “The Summer Before The Glitter Fell Out Of My Eyes”, was published in HAD and then BSF
“Unbeknownst to me, Blonde Brittany had coated my eyelashes with glitter glue. I was the first almost seventh grader asleep at the first slumber party of the summer.” www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...
The Summer Before the Glitter Fell Out of My Eyes by Mary DeCarlo
Unbeknownst to me, Blonde Brittany had coated my eyelashes with glitter glue. I was the first almost seventh grader asleep at the first slumber party of the summer. The green power ranger standing at ...
www.havehashad.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:12 AM
I’ll be sharing some fiction to introduce myself over the next few days. I write plays, short stories, and am currently working on a novel about grief and the healing power of country music.
November 12, 2024 at 3:11 AM