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Raimer Rugh
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Introvert with a flare for the dramatic (boom), writer second, and tangentially: the Editorial and Creative Director of The Drift & Dribble Miscellany and chief instigator of the August Drift & Dribble Literary Society. Www.raimerrugh.com
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Submission guidelines for the Drift & Dribble Miscellany, a reader's compendium of wit, observation and literary amusements.
December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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My Dead Come Before Me – Nayra Atiya
A poetic memoir of family rituals, Christmas indulgences, and the echoes of parental presence through memory.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Brink – Nava Renek
Jackie took her place on line at Leaf and Bean, glancing around the room, hoping her favorite corner two-top would still remain unoccupied by the time she picked up her latte--meaning there’d be no yo...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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San Miguel de Allende – Mark Chester Photo Narrative
It took nine hours to get to this Spanish colonial city northwest of Mexico City from Providence airport. It was worth the journey. It was February 2020. COVID was on the horizon.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Alaska – Cora Enterline
Can you feel it, that biting cold of the morning, every bit of you damp and wanting? Sleep still over you like a heavy, wet blanket, frost eating gently away at the porthole window? Early morning, so ...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Notes From Abroad – Erica M. Szuplat
Notes From Abroad: I struck gold with this Royal Talens sketchbook I picked up in Gothenburg, Sweden. The cadmium red hardbound cover caught my eye and the creamy pages were a hefty weight (similar to...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Murder Under the Lamposts – Dion Dennis
Murder Under the Lampposts: He hung a left off Roscoe, onto a deserted, derelict section of North Lincoln Avenue, briskly striding toward one of Chicago's Six Corners: Lincoln, Belmont, and Ashland Av...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I Fixed It – Toby Lineaweaver
I Fixed It: Volvo has an impressive history of safety innovations going back decades. Examples include the padded dashboard, the three-point seat belt, and pertinent to this story, it was among the fi...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Slender | Elliot Schwebach
Poetry: a wind knows flame in apophatic lust...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Tethered (excerpt) – Raimer Rugh
It’s on a cloud-free and ordinary day like this when it hits, as if all those years in-between were only for the plethora of insignificant things; empty blue skies and dark clouds testing her, waiting...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The Drift & Dribble Miscellany | Ariel Balter | Tales of the Valley
Not a morning person, Miranda, clad in her bathrobe, lumbered into the kitchen at 6:40 in the morning and was startled to encounter an unfamiliar man...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The Drift & Dribble Miscellany | Burt Rashbaum | The Dead of Night
He knew he and his brother wouldn’t be told the real story. Or maybe his brother did know the truth because he was older. ...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Decision time in the washing machine – Michael Oort
Along the way from the Waquoit Bay channel to Falmouth Heights the outflows of the lesser channels provided challenging...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Freshman Year, 1977 | by David Newkirk | The Drift & Dribble Miscellany
We storm the beachhead of the Harper Hall dormitory in beat-up, rust-covered, sputtering Pintos, in borrowed pickups and leased U-hauls, in the shiny red Italian sportscars our daddies unwisely bought...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The Drift & Dribble Miscellany | Ben D'Andrea | Tufted Mafiosi of Little Italy
This is a factual report, not a story. It summarizes my investigation into what happened to that band of pals who got dubbed, as a gibe at their Italian descent, the Farabutti: the crooks...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Somebody Else | by Sara Jae | The Drift & Dribble Miscellany
Somebody Else walked into the gas station bathroom. He followed Somebody Else inside, the heavy metal door slamming behind them. It was...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Magic Square Poems | Greg Hill | The Drift & Dribble Miscellany
Magic Square Poetry: Melancholia Poets come by melancholy easily. Jealousy kicks hard...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Last Night I Assembled | Stephen Turner | The Drift & Dribble Miscellany
Poetry: Last night I again assembled All the dead I’ve loved—...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Chickie (an excerpt) | Frankie Regalia | The Drift & Dribble Miscellany
I wake up from my dream. The story of the princess kitten sisters and their friend Jesus Christ becomes harder to remember with every second. Dang, that was a good one....
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December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Shorebird | Missing You | Judith Williams | The Drift & Dribble Miscellan
‘Shorebird’. The name on the houseboat was painted in cursive font on the prow, each letter carefully picked out in black and gold, and surmounted by a...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The Drift & Dribble Miscellany | Linda Kotis | A Mothering
You see her. About thirty yards away. Standing near one of the benches in the park at Lake Merritt. You almost speak your fears aloud...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The Drift & Dribble Miscellany | Libby McMillen | In Polite Company
Nettie Brown stood at the top of the worn but freshly scrubbed stone steps, composing herself with a restless thumb on the latch of her front door....
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December 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Tornadoes | by Ellen Acconcia | The Drift & Dribble Miscellany
Midnight. The harrowing, brutal thunderstorm ends as abruptly as it began. The power goes out as an eerie quiet falls over our neighborhood.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM