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First full review of Scrap: Salvaging a Family was published by Your Impossible Voice. Review by Wilma J. Kahn. REVIEW OF SCRAP

A memoir in flash, Scrap focuses on three discrete parts of Castle’s life in relation to her parents, especially her father. “Scrap” is a multivalent word around whose every meaning and nuance Castle fashions poignant—and sometimes horrifying—flash prose and poetry to reveal her family in all its human pain, mystery, and love.

“Garden Seasons” (published by MacQueen’s Quinterly) was selected by Diane Seuss as a Best Microfiction 2026. Read it here: GARDEN SEASONS

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Scrap: Salvaging a Familymy hybrid flash memoir, will be released in March 2026 by ELJ Editions.

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2026 Award Nominations:

      “New Girl” Best Microfictions for 2026—FICTION in Gone Lawn

      “Garden Seasons” Best Microfictions for 2026—FICTION in MacQueen’s Quinterly

      “Ethel Merman, American Treasure, May Have Expressed Regret” Best Microfictions for 2026—FICTION in Switch

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Hunting the Cosmos, a collection of flash fiction and poetry inspired by the art of Remedios Varo will be published fall 2026 by Shanti Arts.