anniemarhefka

Annie Marhefka is a writer in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the Executive Director at Yellow Arrow Publishing, a Baltimore-based nonprofit supporting and empowering women writers, and is working on a memoir about mother/daughter relationships.

Baltimore, MD, United States

Selected work (5 publications)

Pithead Chapel, 2022

The Cost of Miscarriage"The cost of miscarriage was two thousand four hundred sixty-eight dollars and seventy-six cents. It was outlined on the Explanation of Benefits Annie received in the mail from the insurance company, written in twelve-point Garamond font..."

The Boy Down the Street Dies by Suicide"In the ninth grade, I learned that you say “hanged” and not “hung” when describing the way the boy down the street died by suicide."

Anti-Heroin Chic, 2022

Anti-Heroin Chic"You lifted fallen timbers onto muscle-tensed shoulders, a familiar dent creased into the space between neck and shoulder so that even when you weren’t carrying a log, the silhouette of a ghost tree was perched atop your too-tall, too-lean frame."

The Ilanot Review, 2022

Flying Into Chicago at Sunset"Through the book-sized window, the circling planes blink in the sky like lightning bugs at dusk. The earth below is speckled with baseball diamonds and a grid of twinkling houses with streets painted diagonally."

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