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Bethany DuVall

Miracles in the Time of COVID

April 4, 2020 By Bethany DuVall

When my daughter was fifteen months old, we survived a plane crash. Doctors and the media called her the miracle baby. Airlines advise parents to hold children her age in their laps, even though they know that as far as science is concerned, there is not a way to prevent a lap-sitting baby from becoming […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Bethany DuVall, COVID, Covid-19, essay, inconvenience, miracles, nonfiction, pandemic, Writing

The Reality of Our Hopes

February 16, 2018 By Bethany DuVall

The waiting room for surgical patient check-in plays CNN on the TV. A mother whose 14-year-old daughter was shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two days ago is yelling at Donald Trump to do something. I change the channel to Animal Planet. Not because I don’t care, but because I care too […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Bethany DuVall, essay, Florida Shooting, Gun Control, Kidney Donors, nonfiction

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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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