The short story "love is frozen congealed raccoon blood clinging to a twig in the shape of a heart" was first published online at Pangyrus.com and was subsequently selected to appear in the Pangyrus print edition forthcoming in February 2025.

love is frozen congealed raccoon blood clinging to a twig in the shape of a heart

The photograph that in part inspired the story "love is frozen congealed raccoon blood clinging to a twig in the shape of a heart" was published in Acropolis Journal to accompany a poem titled "It’s all set up to keep you down" by Ankh Spice.

"Of Tides and Melons" was runner-up in Solstice Literary Journal's annual contest judged by author Jabari Asim and was nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and a Best of the Net award.

Danny Leonard

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