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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.

All tagged mystery

Jul 28
Jul 28 Whodunit?

It looked like a police lineup for little kids. Three sisters, ages nine, five and almost four, and one pacing adult.

Jun 10
Jun 10 The Mystery Man

I’m alone when he vrooms past me with taillights bright as Christmas. Don’t go. Drive a while with me on this lonely road and let me imagine your fabulous life.

Jul 28 Jul 28 Whodunit?

Jun 10 Jun 10 The Mystery Man

Jul 28
Jul 28 Whodunit?

Jun 10
Jun 10 The Mystery Man