Rebecca Long

@bexlong.bsky.social

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Writer, Editor, 🎬 Critic | Journalism: Guardian, Slate, Teen Vogue, etc | Creative: Flash Frog, HAD, Maudlin, etc | 🥇 Flash Fiction Mag '24 | Reader at @fracturedlit.bsky.social rebeccaclong.com

James Van Der Beek as himself in Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23
God of the Woods book cover
AI Overview for a Google search about Yom Kippur. It reads: "While it is not possible for a person or an AI to literally write your name in the spiritual Book of Life, the Bible outlines the path to ensuring your name is included. In Christianity, this is achieved through faith in Jesus Christ, not by performing specific acts or using a ritual formula."
screen cap from Love Island USA
Car with bumper stickers
Subaru baja on a beach
Screenshot of poem: I carry cherry-flavored Pesto Bismol tablets with me wherever I go. I carry a lot of things just in case: Advil, pens, tampons, a mental list of everyone I’ve ever met’s likes and dislikes and birthdays. I have eyes in the back of my head, so I carry Refresh drops (the kind without preservatives) to keep them sharp. I carry mace and a pink keychain shaped like a cat that doubles as a weapon. I carry 10 almonds, which my mom taught me is a whole meal. I carry a certificate I won in third grade for being “The Most Well Behaved.” Oh, did I mention I have a tail? A monkey tail, not a dog tail. So I can catch my younger sister when she falls and carry more things. I carry a few wadded-up plastic bags with me when I go out just in case someone drinks too much and needs a place to puke. I carry sunscreen and chapstick (the kind with sunscreen) and nail polish. A homing pigeon roosts in my hair. She carries letters and the whole world’s misjudgment, so the least I can do is carry her eggs in the nest of my curls. I carry band aids in case someone scrapes a knee or gets their heart broken. I carry an extra set of thumbs to help friends craft kind but firm texts to lovers who don’t deserve them. I wear a halo most days, and it’s getting heavy — my head throbs and my neck buckles under its weight — but don’t worry, I carry a neck brace with me, too, just in case. I’m nothing if not prepared.