The Audacity.

The Audacity.

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The Jump

A short story (preceded by a brief note about the journey it has been on)

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Sep 11, 2024
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The Journey of “The Jump”

I was reading in bed at 3:45 AM on August 31st when an email popped up on my phone. It was from the editor of a journal that, hours before, had published my short story, “The Jump,” about a queer writer who turns to lesbian sex work. “The Jump” had been easy to write but hard to publish, with countless tiered rejections asking f…

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Destiny O. Birdsong
Destiny O. Birdsong is the author of the poetry collection Negotiations (2020) and the triptych novel Nobody’s Magic (2022). She is currently at work on a second novel and a collection of short stories.
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