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72<a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="http://thebookendsreview.com/2022/09/23/the-fountain/" rel="external" target="_blank">The Fountain</a></li></ul> 73 74 <p>The Chamber Magazine (Oct 8, 2022)</p> 75 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://thechambermagazine.com/2022/10/07/three-works-of-flash-fiction-by-conor-barnes-the-dream-eater-the-duel-and-void/" rel="external" target="_blank">The Dream Eater</a></li> 76 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://thechambermagazine.com/2022/10/07/three-works-of-flash-fiction-by-conor-barnes-the-dream-eater-the-duel-and-void/" rel="external" target="_blank">The Duel</a></li> 77 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://thechambermagazine.com/2022/10/07/three-works-of-flash-fiction-by-conor-barnes-the-dream-eater-the-duel-and-void/" rel="external" target="_blank">Void</a></li></ul> 78 79 <p>The Apple Valley Review (Oct 18, 2022)</p> 80 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://www.applevalleyreview.org/fall-2022/conor-barnes" rel="external" target="_blank">The Partisan</a></li></ul> 81 82 <p>The Parliament Literary Journal (Oct 29, 2022)</p> 83 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://www.parliamentlit.com/conor-barnes-in-a-nightmare" rel="external" target="_blank">In a Nightmare</a></li> 84 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://www.parliamentlit.com/conor-barnes-once-beautiful" rel="external" target="_blank">Somebody You Once Found Beautiful Isn't Anymore</a></li> 85 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://www.parliamentlit.com/conor-barnes-tell-them" rel="external" target="_blank">Tell Them</a></li></ul> 86 87 <p>Sleet Magazine (Nov 2022)</p> 88 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="http://www.harpyhybridreview.org/issues/issue-9-5-winter-2022/#" rel="external" target="_blank">You Believe Several Things</a></li></ul> 89 90 <p>Harpy Hybrid Review (Dec 8, 2022)</p> 91 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="http://www.harpyhybridreview.org/issues/issue-9-5-winter-2022/#" rel="external" target="_blank">Ten Minutes After Close In The Cafe Washroom</a></li> 92 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="http://www.harpyhybridreview.org/issues/issue-9-5-winter-2022/#" rel="external" target="_blank">The Minotaur Is Chastised By Ariadne</a></li> 93 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="http://www.harpyhybridreview.org/issues/issue-9-5-winter-2022/#" rel="external" target="_blank">The Host</a></li></ul> 94 95 <p>Flash Boulevard (Dec 31, 2022)</p> 96 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/conor-barnes-all-the-digital-humans-are-kind-of-buggy/" rel="external" target="_blank">Uninstall and Reinstall</a></li> 97 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/conor-barnes-all-the-digital-humans-are-kind-of-buggy/" rel="external" target="_blank">Peregrinations</a></li> 98 <li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/conor-barnes-all-the-digital-humans-are-kind-of-buggy/" rel="external" target="_blank">Earth-FA8</a></li></ul> 99 100 <p>Corvus Review (Dec 31, 2022)</p> 101 <ul class="pb-4"><li><a class="text-secondary hover:text-secondaryDark transition-colors" href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/611fabd3-8220-45e3-bf9d-d2a394260000/downloads/Issue%2019%20Corvus%20Winter%2022.pdf?ver=1672546732293" rel="external" target="_blank">The Subway Operator</a></li></ul> 102 103 <p>Schuylkill Valley Journal (Volume 56, Spring/Summer 2023)</p> 104 <ul class="pb-4"><li>I Have Another Body (Print)</li></ul> 105 106 <div class="pt-4"><h3>Blogposts</h3></div> 107 <ul><li>
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