{"id":25,"date":"2024-02-05T05:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T05:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.dawnmillerwriter.com:443\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:28:34","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dawnmillerwriter.com\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Meeting Up With My Used-to-Be Best Friend at the Apple Fair in Early September&#8221;, FlashFlood journal, June, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Inside Out&#8221;, JMWW, May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unchartedmag.com\/stories\/the-love-boat\/\">&#8220;The Love Boat&#8221;<\/a>, Uncharted Magazine, February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;After too Much Wine at Our Wedding, I Tell My Pro-Life Husband Everything&#8221; selected by editor for Ghost Parachute: 175 Flash Fiction Stories, 2026 (print)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Probability Statistics&#8221; 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