Mitchell Duran

Mitchell Duran is a fiction, non-fiction, poetry, professional ghostwriter, and content creator on Upwork. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He has been published in Sterling Clack Clack, Free Flash Fiction, Black Horse Review, Drunk Monkey, The Daily Drunk Mag, The Millions, BrokeAssStuart, and more. He lives in San Francisco, California. Find more work at Mitchellduran.com.

IS IT OK IF WE DISCUSS YOUR SISTER? by Mitchell Duran

On the day of her funeral, twisted roots and ashen rocks jutted from the edges of the concrete vault. I had never seen a grave before. I had never seen a casket. I had never seen Earth displaced with that kind care and disregard. After carrying her, side by side with the family, our fingers stiff from the cold of morning, we placed her final bed on the mechanical lowering-device. A part of me wanted to do it myself. The impulse felt foreign, but close. A part of another part. After, I was told the help always did it, that…

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