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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

“You Know Nothing, Jon Snow.” Part VII of My Halloween Series

October 31, 2026

This is the last post in my series of True Life Ghost Stories to celebrate Halloween. Read Parts I and …

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Evil Incarnate, More Dangerous than Demons: Part VI of My Halloween Series

October 28, 2026

My continuing series of True Life Ghost Stories to celebrate Halloween. Read Parts I and II here. Parts III and …

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True Tales for Halloween: The Night a Demon Sat on My Chest

October 25, 2026

My continuing series of True Life Ghost Stories to celebrate Halloween. Read Parts I and II here. Parts III and …

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A Halloween Special: When the Dead Refuse to Leave, & Resident Evil

October 22, 2026

My continuing series of True Life Ghost Stories to celebrate Halloween. Read Parts I and II here. True Ghost Stories, …

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True Tales about the Hauntings, Ghosts & Demons I Have Known

October 19, 2026

As Halloween draws near, I like to repost a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I …

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On Mackerel & Metaphor: A Poet Unravels the Universe

August 3, 2026

One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …

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Poetry to Save a Planet in Peril

July 19, 2026

With all the wildfires, floods, and extreme heat waves going on, it seems the climate catastrophe we heard was coming …

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Returning to a “Strange & Beautiful” Entanglement

April 27, 2026

Sometimes when needed most, we come across an essay that speaks the words of our heart and reminds us of …

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Being Me Deeply: Details, Details! Why They Matter

February 22, 2026

I’m sitting here with my morning coffee, a flicker of fire warming the room while the dark windows slowly lighten. …

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Growing Younger, Day by Day, a Gift

October 20, 2024

I just celebrated another birthday and thought I’d share with you again something I wrote a few years ago. For …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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