By Myfanwy Collins

Myfanwy Collins has published a novel, Echolocation , a collection of short fiction, I Am Holding Your Hand , and a young adult novel, The Book of Laney . She teaches creative writing to adult and continuing education students.

  1. Bruise: On Living with the Fear of Dying

    By Myfanwy Collins

    in The Butter

    We were born from this bruise, their marriage. Soon my father died, and I was awake and lying on the pullout couch watching Saturday Night Live for the first time. I was ten years old. O.J. Simpson was the host. The musical guest was Ricki Lee Jones. Chuck E.’s in Love. Her beret. Long hair and teeth. The next morning I would fly in an airplane for the first time. I drank ginger ale and…

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