List: Writing and Other Mad Experiments | Curated by Scarlet Ibis James 🦩

Feb 23, 2025
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Writing and Other Mad ExperimentsMedium is my sanitorium.
Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Last Hired, First FiredIn Fellowship with the Griots, I write “To Dismantle & To Build” — A generative workshop on the legacy of Audre Lorde.
Feb 20
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Feb 20
7
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Pure Fiction
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The Spaces Between MemoryJakub doubts the memories his wife conjures during her wanderings are false.
Dec 28, 2024
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Dec 28, 2024
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MuserScribe
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
How Metamorphosis ComesReflections on seeding creation born out of a collective experience of writing.
Dec 18, 2024
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Dec 18, 2024
2
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ILLUMINATION
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My 2024 Reading & Writing JourneyFrom Sinatra Sing-Alongs to Publishing Milestones
Dec 7, 2024
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Dec 7, 2024
4
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Blue Pencils
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The First Time I Met Your MotherIt was the summer of ‘69, and she caught me without armor.
Dec 5, 2024
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Dec 5, 2024
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The Pub
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One. One. One. Two Medium Writers In An Elevator.I tried to make this a drabble but exceeded the requisite 100-word count by eleven. Cue the sinister laughter.
Nov 23, 2024
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Nov 23, 2024
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The Fiction Writer’s Den
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Love Meets MysteryTheir love story begins at Lenox Mall, Atlanta, GA.
Oct 22, 2024
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Oct 22, 2024
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Blue Pencils
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Sandbox to Survival: Siblings Caught Between Crime and RedemptionHeli and Eddie Morales navigate the dangerous world of crime, family ties, and survival.
Oct 11, 2024
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Oct 11, 2024
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The Scriber’s Nook
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
A Story of Life-Changing Guidance That She Never FollowedThe high school teacher advises her star student on life choices and inadvertently unlocks the power of negative possibilities.
Sep 18, 2024
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Sep 18, 2024
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The Fiction Writer’s Den
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Come Back To MeWhat happened during my Medium suspension? Reconnection to the source. Re-establishment of self and purpose.
Sep 11, 2024
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Sep 11, 2024
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Fiction Shorts
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Break in TransmissionWhen Medium cut me off, I could… not.
Sep 9, 2024
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Sep 9, 2024
14
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Blue Pencils
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Beyond the Cut: The Painful Reality of Her Big Chop ExperienceSpecificity was missing from her journey into the valley of sacrifice.
Aug 14, 2024
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Aug 14, 2024
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The Shortform
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Sunday ServiceConfessions and offerings of self-professed (Black) humans, including me.
Sep 2, 2024
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Sep 2, 2024
4
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Readers Hope
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
While In My Head, I Missed Our ConnectionMoment from my vacation #1
Aug 24, 2024
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Aug 24, 2024
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Soul Magazine
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Devotion And Love: Enough For Life’s Devastating PathsGigi’s health challenges lead to a profound exploration of womanhood, love and resilience.
Aug 9, 2024
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Aug 9, 2024
25
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The Scriber’s Nook
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
The Call I Dreaded CameThe past rang, and I answered. It was time.
Jul 15, 2024
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Jul 15, 2024
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ILLUMINATION
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Can This Man Complete Her?When her husband says no, temptation personified wants her to call him.
Aug 2, 2024
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Aug 2, 2024
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The Fiction Writer’s Den
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Escape From The SpeakeasyThe requisite Friday after-work social — Ugh!
Jul 23, 2024
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Jul 23, 2024
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MuserScribe
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
When A Reader Hates That You Changed Your Mind & Their StoryWhat happens when one reader suggests I go a different way and another is not pleased?
Jul 8, 2024
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Jul 8, 2024
12
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Read or Die!
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Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
Scorched But Not BrokenA leader navigates heatwave-related short staffing.
Jul 18, 2024
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Jul 18, 2024
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