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The Hold
Kelp Journal
Published in Kelp Journal
ReadStories that blur the line between what we remember and what we invent.
Raymond Brunell writes literary and speculative fiction — stories about memory, power, and the systems we build to contain both. Published in 20+ venues. Author of The Memory Merchants, The Memory Keepers, and The Algorithmic Awakening series.
Featured Stories
A selection of published fiction
Anthology
Preliminary Screening
Gossamer Wight
Featured in Everyday Eerie Anthology
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Compliment Clouds
COOP: chickens of our poetry
Published in COOP: chickens of our poetry — Zine 13
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The Wolf's Tributary
Moss Puppy Magazine
Published in Moss Puppy Magazine — Issue 9: Echoed Howls
ReadBooks
Novels, nonfiction, and workbooks
Fiction
The Referral Protocol
The algorithm didn't die — it evolved.
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Fiction The Chosen Tenant
When idioms stop being figurative, the apartment becomes a mechanism.
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Fiction The Scent of Tomorrow's Garden
The garden preserves memories. Each bloom triggers what was forgotten.
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Fiction The Recursive Home
In a world of calibrated emotions, one family rebels with authenticity.
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New stories, book announcements, and the occasional dispatch from the edges of memory. No spam. Just good fiction.