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Eric Griggs

Will Kellogg, You Bastard!

for Charlie

2 min readSep 8, 2023

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a batch of cupcakes, tossed in the bin. “Yay!” printed on the wrapper of one

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Eric Griggs

Size 6.5, narrow

Ygrova had guessed accurately days before. She knew how the stars would soon spin into formation. “Hmm,” she’d responded, scrying the…

4 min readOct 30, 2022

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A shop window mannequin, her lovely female form adorned in coral beaded and bejeweled finery against a background of magnificent costumery. In the foreground sits a glittering crystal ball filled with colors

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Eric Griggs

Papa don’t preach . . .

. . . in his sleep!

1 min readDec 18, 2021

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Papa don’t preach . . .

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Eric Griggs

A tale of love and annihilation

There was a full box of Krispy Kreme donuts in the other room . . . was.

1 min readDec 16, 2021

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a close-up image of freshly glazed Krispy Kreme donuts in a box. Yum!

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Eric Griggs

Sometimes People Leave You Halfway Through the Woods

A friend wrote about his buddy’s death and here’s how I responded:

2 min readOct 21, 2021

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Sometimes People Leave You Halfway Through the Woods

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Regarding This Rainbow 🌈

Brian King, friend and fellow writer, is dead at 25. The last two and a half of those years he lived out in the open -- well, as openly as…

1 min readSep 4, 2021

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Regarding This Rainbow 🌈

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Eric Griggs

Summertime Godfather’s Carnival Ride

a view from the Peter Pan section

2 min readAug 21, 2021

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Screenshot of a partial SMS message between two friends. Q:“Hey man are you and Lisa taking Bethany off to college tomorrow?” A: “Tuesday”

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Eric Griggs

Blockt!

. . . in record time

1 min readJan 23, 2021

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Blockt!

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Eric Griggs

Italian Wedding Cake

as promised . . .

5 min readApr 21, 2020

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a 3-layered cake with white cream cheese icing, dusted with chopped pecans

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Eric Griggs

Oak & Vine

(on the occasion of the wedding of Eddie & Carolyn, April 18th 2020)

2 min readApr 19, 2020

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a black & white woodcut of an oak tree

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Eric Griggs

Eric Griggs

Juxtaposeur, technical analyst, process engineer, poet wordsmith, INTJ, Anansi, MBTI certified practitioner & team-builder, certifiable fabulist & Uppity Queer™

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