Will VanDenBergDec 25, 2022
Published a few things early in the year! First, Cul de Sac at Sleepingfish, in which I was thrilled (thrilled!) to get line edits from the estimable Garielle Lutz: https://www.calamaripress.com/SF/2020/20_Van_Den_Berg.htm #sleepingfish #calamaripress #shortfiction
Cul de Sac by Will VanDenBerg

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Then 2 more in The Rupture. I used to work at a costume store in my 20s, and this is the first story I've written about that place: https://www.therupturemag.com/rupture/septifluous
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Septifluous — The Rupture

Will VanDenBerg I met a man while working at a costume shop. We were both seasonal help, hired ahead of Halloween. At an all-staff meeting in early September, we sat on carpeted stairs and listened to our manager go through the hard and fast rules: Show up for your shift, no stealing, no drinking t

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And what's probably the shortest piece I've had published, "Divert the River, Find the Relic, Leave Home": https://www.therupturemag.com/rupture/divert-the-river-find-the-relic-leave-home
Divert the River, Find the Relic, Leave Home — The Rupture

Will VanDenBerg My mother, an engineer, left us after diverting a river in Poland. In the emptied riverbed, she found a relic lost hundreds of years ago. With no planning, she walked out to the middle of a thick channel of mud and pulled it out. I was called to it, she said. It was a brass arm with

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