Rick Baldwin Writings | Essays, Stories & Poetry

Tossed

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The next evening, cicadas gossiped— anxious to tell in quivering accent the story of your Judas kiss in the visitor’s dugout next to the neon hum of Barb’s Burgers

Platoon

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I should have broken the car window instead of waiting hours in the rain until the truck arrived and rescued the keys.

It Never Snows In Kramptown Kove

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A darkly funny Christmas satire about a holiday cheer specialist, a hostile Georgia town, a stray reindeer, and the bizarre events that follow in Kramptown Kove.

The Bridge

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A quiet drive turns sinister when a hitchhiker’s ride to “the bridge” reveals something far darker. A creepy, contemporary southern horror story by Rick Baldwin.

When I’m Gone

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A short poem by Rick Baldwin about loss, presence, and the moon’s beauty. ‘When I’m Gone’ evokes memory, night, and the memory of important loved ones.

New Year

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Countdown ignored— tucked beneath a stranger’s quilt, like two-for-one toasted loaves from the...

Taking Flight

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I release them. Fledglings pushed from the nest, thin-skinned and chirping. Constantly on guard...

Arid

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Before the rains,I live in your skeleton,pressed beneath the crustof your face. I breathe the...

Death Of The Moon

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In Death of the Moon, Rick Baldwin paints a funny Southern ghost story full of termites, fire, and a funeral gone wrong.

First Blush

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The flutter of waking— sapphire butterflies poised to sip the earth’s nectar, its sweetness...

The Specter of Red Dog Road

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A Southern ghost story set in Harlan, Kentucky: Red Dog Road’s specter, a mean dog, stolen gold, and a soul trapped between heaven and hell.

Exotic Aquatic

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Inside, it swims— this goldfish of light within a translucent bowl, its fragile curve an illusion...

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