Claire Polders

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  • Woman of the Hour
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    Fractured Lit

    I am grateful to the editors of Fractured Lit for publishing my story "Woman of the Hour."

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    Wigleaf & Past Ten

    I'm proud to present two new publications this month: a flash fiction in Wigleaf and an essay in Past Ten.

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    National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2021

    On June 26th, the National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2021 was launched. Legerdemain is a collection of over fifty excellent stories on magic by authors from around the world. Some of my favorite flash writers contributed their work, such as…

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    Anthology: “Stella Is” Chosen for Best Microfiction 2021

    On Saturday, July 10 the anthology Best Microfiction 2021 will be released. I am very grateful that the serie editors, Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, and guest editor, Amber Sparks, have chosen my story “Stella Is,” originally published by The…

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    Reading: Who is Jane Doe?

    Last December, Sally Reno and Doug Mathewson published my very short story “Stella Is” and nominated it, to my great gratitude, for a Pushcart Prize, Best Microfictions, and Best Small Fictions. This Saturday, I will be reading that story in…

  • Publications,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    Tone Determines What You Say

    Thailand does not border China, right? People exaggerate; fear makes money. We count our pills, our inoculations. It is February and we fly. The water is turquoise, the curry spicy. We worry, just the tiniest bit, about mosquitoes and dengue…

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About Me

  • ‣ Born in: Gouda, the Netherlands
  • ‣ Currently in: Malaysia
  • ‣ Arrived from: United States
  • ‣ Next destination: Vietnam
  • ‣ Writing online since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5
  • ‣ Current projects: a memoir on elder abuse, a multi-generational novel about the dark Dutch colonial past, and two short prose collections

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