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Kristen Blalock

About Kristen Blalock

Kristen Blalock is a writer, filmmaker, founder of Central Florida Women Behind the Lens, and eternal Slavophile.

An Internal Monologue: a confession

August 8, 2018 By Kristen Blalock

Me: Let’s talk about how it all started. Myself: How what started? And I: Ha! The pickpocketing. Me: Yes, can we talk through that? Myself: Yeah, that’s fine I guess. I don’t get how it’s all that fascinating, or worth its own essay, but we can. And I: It’s cause you were poor, just admit […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: confession, Kristen Blalock, monologue, nonfiction, pickpocket, pickpocketing, Writing

Red Square, a Cookie, and Bukowski

May 30, 2018 By Kristen Blalock

Out the window spreads the neighborhood where Behemoth wandered. From this vantage point above I witness nightfall across Patriarch Ponds. Sunlight is gradually replaced by the street lamps, twinkling candles on cafe verandas, and the dim glow of cigarettes. This cozy neighborhood is as much Russian as it is European, if not for the Cyrillic signage […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Bukowski, creative nonfiction, Kristen Blalock, Moscow, nonfiction, Writing

Clean Enough to Swim

April 8, 2018 By Kristen Blalock

I asked him if we could go swimming. Actually, I asked him if he could swim at all. It’s a fair question though because he is from Siberia. If you’re not familiar with Siberia, and honestly who is, here’s a history typical of almost all Siberian cities: a small medieval trading post sits out in […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: culture clash, essay, Kristen Blalock, Moscow, nonfiction, swimming, Writing

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Best Small Fictions Nomations

January 21, 2023 By Brett Pribble

The Storming of Rome by Slawka G. Scarso Juicy Fruit by Katie Coleman You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive by Kathy Fish Eddie by David James Poissant Something Fierce and Unnamed by Tommy Dean

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