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Object-ives #25: Leaving Behind the Gargoyle

It isn’t easy to escape the gravitational pull of our things

21 hrs ago • Launa

March 2026 Essay Writing Guidelines for Open Secrets Magazine

Submit your flash or full-length personal essay!

Mar 5 • Open Secrets Magazine

Molly Was My Gateway Drug to Meditation

How taking the illicit 1990s psychedelic pill paved the way for me to get Zen

Mar 3 • Blair Glaser

The Economics of Being a Working Actor (Barely)

Just because I’ve starred on TV and on stage doesn’t mean I have it made financially

Mar 2 • Rachel Crowl

February 2026

Object-ives #24: The Brown Wall-to-Wall Carpet of My Childhood Home

Many secrets were hidden in its mottled earth

Feb 27 • Sumitra Mattai

A Love Letter to Myself After Eating Disorder Treatment

What I learned about recovery from getting treatment for anorexia and bulimia in my fifties

Feb 24 • Amie Newman

As an anorexic adult I learned to eat again like a baby

Feb 23 • Karen Lindell

The Sourdough Starter I Named After My Ex

How baking bread became a queer ritual to transform, wait, and give myself the food I deserve

Feb 22 • Charlene Trino

Object-ives #23: Unlit

What a small candle taught me about living

Feb 20 • Jack Richard

How to Thrive in an Analog World

On slow living, reconnection, and breaking the ice

Feb 18 • Athena Dixon

How I Became a Mistress

I never intended to cheat on my husband, but flattery after having a baby made me susceptible to a handsome man’s charms

Feb 17 • Open Secrets Magazine

I Traveled the World Looking for Love. I’m Still Looking.

Since writing about being single at 33, the search hasn’t changed—even as the scenery has.

Feb 14 • Sonya Matejko

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