Cali Loria

Joined June 2021

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Over punctuating, under delivering.

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Expected to Continue. Top Story - February 2026.
In my thirties I was scheduled to lead an overnight reset at the chain bookstore where I managed. Remove the books. Relocate the fixtures.
By Cali Loria16 days ago in Poets
Return to Form
You are sitting, staring at the green of the typewriter. It is enticing, nauseating. You gaze at its alignment, its decorative aspect. That is why you took it with you, after all: to garnish the space.
By Cali Loria20 days ago in Fiction
Mail
i open the bill note the cost plus interest i recycle it Author's Note: in-ter-est
By Cali Loria24 days ago in Poets
Oranges
I went to market on saturday and the oranges were fluorescent ripe hip level navel gazing we smelled each other and I
By Cali Loria28 days ago in Poets
Hire.
Feeling un seen wanted under valued? feeling angry hurt dis
By Cali Loriaabout a month ago in Poets
June, Mary.. Winner in Rituals of Affection Challenge.
June began sleeping on her left side in the bed. She had mild hearing loss, only in one ear. If she lay with her head against a pillow, keeping her skull’s weight from the mattress, she could briefly escape from the onslaught of the litany of names.
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Fiction
PUBLIC SERVICE NOTICE REGARDING MATERNITY PATIENTS . Runner-Up in Public Announcement Challenge.
ATTENTION: THIS IS THE LAST NOTICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGARDING ALL MATERNITY PATIENTS! INSTRUCTIONS WILL FOLLOW! THIS IS CRUCIAL INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTIVE ORDER: BAM (BABIES-And-mothers)
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Poets
but you're not a stranger. Runner-Up in Nothing But Voices Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
“I think about you all the time.” “I don’t think about you.” “I saw the website you made. The writing one. I think you made it so you could read everything I was posting. I knew it was you because of the name.”
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Fiction
BEST!. Runner-Up in Instructions Included Challenge.
Content Note: This story references intense emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, and interpersonal trauma. Instructions for properly filling out the Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST!) score
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Fiction
Red Light. Honorable Mention in Small Heat Challenge.
the stoplight before my parents' house flickers red a pulse stitched to night
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Poets
No Smoke. Runner-Up in The Last Flame Challenge.
fan fire frost I fled the story isn't a fairytale I'm not the girl you wed see I'm a little matchstick girl I sold my dreams to
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Poets
If sobriety were photosynthesis, I would be so pretty
I lost my luster then took to me and boy I started to shine color came back to my cheeks I laid these leaves like eggshells
By Cali Loria3 months ago in Poets