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Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words. Five minutes is edited by Susanna Baird, with editorial support from managing editor kate meen and founding reader bobbi lerman, plus our rotating team of guest readers, who you can meet in the latest newsletteR. Five Minutes was founded in October 2020, with the Salem (Mass.)-based writing group Carrot Cake Writers supplying the journal’s first pieces. We’d love to read your five. Submit here.

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Jul 21
Jul 21 For a Moment

I’m helping Jessie cook chicken in the wok. It’s cold outside, but warm in here.

Jul 6
Jul 6 Weeks to Live

Mom pushes in between her two Ragdoll cats, Sophie and Angel, feeling their warmth. She squints at the light coming in through the beige blinds and abruptly shifts, causing Sophie to jump up.

Nov 16
Nov 16 The Visit

Ian Owens

I wait, masked as they wheel her out. Six feet away, also masked, a shrunken white thing. In clothes I've never seen before. I tell her my name. She repeats it, as a question.

Jul 21 Jul 21 For a Moment

Jul 6 Jul 6 Weeks to Live

Nov 16 Nov 16 The Visit

Jul 21
Jul 21 For a Moment

Jul 6
Jul 6 Weeks to Live

Nov 16
Nov 16 The Visit