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Angel Salvador Chiuteña

Angel Salvador Chiuteña is a teacher, poet, and a short story writer. She won 1st prize in the 2022 Tempe Writers Contest for her short story “An Elegy to the Serpent Eagle.” Her book, Whispering Mementos, is a poetry and short story collection. You may read more of her poetry on her Instagram page at lensandletters.
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Over the Stilt Houses at the Fishery

“They’re still having a meeting. You can sit here,” a friendly woman offered me the plastic monoblock chair beside her. I couldn’t tell her age. Her voice sounded like she was in her early thirties, although her coarse skin and hunched posture told me otherwise. But I said friendly, because her eyes told me ‌she was smiling despite the face mask covering half her face. Also, she was the only one who greeted me and gave an explanation why even though the hallway was full of people waiting, no one was coming out of the office to talk to any of us.

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Rise in Love

A ping sounded on my phone, and the words blinked on the screen at six in the morning.  “RISE IN LOVE.” I squinted at the screen, half-amused. The message could only be from Kim—always dramatic, always turning a simple morning greeting into something that promised intrigue. I recognized our...

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