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Rebekah Postupak

Rebekah Postupak grew up among the dragon-rumbling volcanos of southeast Asia, where her heart and tastebuds still reside. Her stories have placed in or won over 70 contests and have appeared in publications such as From the Depths, Postcard Shorts, and Flash Fiction World, as well as in various anthologies. The former host of Flash! Friday, Rebekah remains grateful to the global writing community, whose dream-stuffed words change the world on a daily basis.

Unchosen

I knew, because she used to talk to me sometimes, how hard her life was. She wasn't making it up: I saw how thin she got after her dad remarried then died, and there was no hiding the bruises. It's totally true, like in the stories people told later, how she spent long winter…