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Elissa Field
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Writer | Nominated: Pushcart, Best American | SmokeLong Fellow | firstpagesprize LL | Words in: SmokeLong, Reckon Review, HAD, Hypertext, Ghost Parachute, Monkeybicycle, Citron Review, Adelaide, Conjunctions ++ | lit flash noir | elissafieldthompson.com
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I get occasional addictions to the word “villain.” So formal and gothic, so old, so exaggerated especially when swapped for more ordinary words.
"Villain" is such an interesting word - it's got such a negative connotation now, but originally it was a synonym for "farmhand"
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Elissa Field
@elissafield.bsky.social
Writer | Nominated: Pushcart, Best American | SmokeLong Fellow | firstpagesprize LL | Words in: SmokeLong, Reckon Review, HAD, Hypertext, Ghost Parachute, Monkeybicycle, Citron Review, Adelaide, Conjunctions ++ | lit flash noir | elissafieldthompson.com
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